#8B4BD3#8B4BD3

#8B4BD3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.201 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BD3
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 211)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 53.03, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 80.13, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.106 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.201 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9186, 15.2242, 63.2411)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BD3 #93D34B

analogous

#4B4FD3 #8B4BD3 #CF4BD3

triadic

#8B4BD3 #D38B4B #4BD38B

tetradic

#8B4BD3 #D34B4F #93D34B #4BD3CF

square

#8B4BD3 #D34B4F #93D34B #4BD3CF

split-complementary

#8B4BD3 #D3CF4B #4FD34B

monochromatic

#4F2083 #6C2CB5 #8B4BD3 #AB7CDF #CAADEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8B4BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8B4BD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BD3

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BD3	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#146CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.201 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e1',
    500: '#8b4bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bd3;
$custom-light: #b281e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55702,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BD3

secondary

#BFD9A1

accent

#E44499

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BD3

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

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