#8B4BD7#8B4BD7

#8B4BD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.205 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BD7
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 54.01, -61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 82.17, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1056 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.205 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4263, 15.4273, 65.9150)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BD7 #97D74B

analogous

#4B51D7 #8B4BD7 #D14BD7

triadic

#8B4BD7 #D78B4B #4BD78B

tetradic

#8B4BD7 #D74B51 #97D74B #4BD7D1

square

#8B4BD7 #D74B51 #97D74B #4BD7D1

split-complementary

#8B4BD7 #D7D14B #51D74B

monochromatic

#4F1E89 #6C2ABB #8B4BD7 #AB7DE2 #CCAFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8B4BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8B4BD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BD7

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BD7	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.205 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e4',
    500: '#8b4bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bd7;
$custom-light: #b281e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55987,
    "c": 0.20536,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BD7

secondary

#C1DBA2

accent

#E7419B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

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