#8B4BD4#8B4BD4

#8B4BD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.202 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BD4
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 53.27, -60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 80.64, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1059 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.202 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0444, 15.2745, 63.9034)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BD4 #94D44B

analogous

#4B50D4 #8B4BD4 #D04BD4

triadic

#8B4BD4 #D48B4B #4BD48B

tetradic

#8B4BD4 #D44B50 #94D44B #4BD4D0

square

#8B4BD4 #D44B50 #94D44B #4BD4D0

split-complementary

#8B4BD4 #D4D04B #50D44B

monochromatic

#4F2085 #6C2CB6 #8B4BD4 #AB7CE0 #CBAEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8B4BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8B4BD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BD4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BD4	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.202 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e2',
    500: '#8b4bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bd4;
$custom-light: #b281e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.029,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55773,
    "c": 0.20204,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BD4

secondary

#BFDAA1

accent

#E54399

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BD4

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

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