#8B4BCD#8B4BCD

#8B4BCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.194 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BCD
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 51.58, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 77.08, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1064 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.194 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1805, 14.9289, 59.3534)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BCD #8DCD4B

analogous

#4B4CCD #8B4BCD #CC4BCD

triadic

#8B4BCD #CD8B4B #4BCD8B

tetradic

#8B4BCD #CD4B4C #8DCD4B #4BCDCC

square

#8B4BCD #CD4B4C #8DCD4B #4BCDCC

split-complementary

#8B4BCD #CDCC4B #4CCD4B

monochromatic

#4E227B #6C30AB #8B4BCD #AA7BDA #C9ABE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8B4BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8B4BCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BCD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BCD	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.194 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181dd',
    500: '#8b4bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bcd;
$custom-light: #b181dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.538,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55283,
    "c": 0.19425,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BCD

secondary

#BAD59F

accent

#E04895

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BCD

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

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