#8B4BC9#8B4BC9

#8B4BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.190 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BC9
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 201)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 62.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.27, 50.61, -55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.27, 75.04, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1067 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.19 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7038, 14.7383, 56.8430)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BC9 #89C94B

analogous

#4C4BC9 #8B4BC9 #C94BC8

triadic

#8B4BC9 #C98B4B #4BC98B

tetradic

#8B4BC9 #C94C4B #89C94B #4BC8C9

square

#8B4BC9 #C94C4B #89C94B #4BC8C9

split-complementary

#8B4BC9 #C8C94B #4BC94C

monochromatic

#4D2376 #6C32A5 #8B4BC9 #A97AD7 #C8A9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#8B4BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8B4BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BC9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BC9	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.190 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181da',
    500: '#8b4bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bc9;
$custom-light: #b181da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.476,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55009,
    "c": 0.18978,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BC9

secondary

#B7D39D

accent

#DD4B93

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BC9

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

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