#8B4BD8#8B4BD8

#8B4BD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.206 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BD8
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 65.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 54.25, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 82.67, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1055 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.206 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5552, 15.4788, 66.5938)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BD8 #98D84B

analogous

#4B52D8 #8B4BD8 #D24BD8

triadic

#8B4BD8 #D88B4B #4BD88B

tetradic

#8B4BD8 #D84B52 #98D84B #4BD8D2

square

#8B4BD8 #D84B52 #98D84B #4BD8D2

split-complementary

#8B4BD8 #D8D24B #52D84B

monochromatic

#4F1E8B #6C29BD #8B4BD8 #AB7DE3 #CCB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8B4BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8B4BD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BD8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BD8	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.206 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e5',
    500: '#8b4bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bd8;
$custom-light: #b281e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.234,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56058,
    "c": 0.20647,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BD8

secondary

#C2DCA3

accent

#E7409C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BD8

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

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