#8B4BC8#8B4BC8

#8B4BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.189 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BC8
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 62.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 50.37, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 74.53, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1068 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.189 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5865, 14.6914, 56.2255)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BC8 #88C84B

analogous

#4D4BC8 #8B4BC8 #C84BC6

triadic

#8B4BC8 #C88B4B #4BC88B

tetradic

#8B4BC8 #C84D4B #88C84B #4BC6C8

square

#8B4BC8 #C84D4B #88C84B #4BC6C8

split-complementary

#8B4BC8 #C6C84B #4BC84D

monochromatic

#4D2475 #6C32A4 #8B4BC8 #A97AD6 #C7A9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8B4BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8B4BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BC8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BC8	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.189 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181d9',
    500: '#8b4bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bc8;
$custom-light: #b181d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.72,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54941,
    "c": 0.18866,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BC8

secondary

#B7D29D

accent

#DD4B92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BC8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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