#8B4BD9#8B4BD9

#8B4BD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.208 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BD9
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 54.50, -62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 83.18, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1054 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.208 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6849, 15.5307, 67.2767)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BD9 #99D94B

analogous

#4B52D9 #8B4BD9 #D24BD9

triadic

#8B4BD9 #D98B4B #4BD98B

tetradic

#8B4BD9 #D94B52 #99D94B #4BD9D2

square

#8B4BD9 #D94B52 #99D94B #4BD9D2

split-complementary

#8B4BD9 #D9D24B #52D94B

monochromatic

#4F1E8C #6C28BF #8B4BD9 #AC7EE4 #CCB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8B4BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8B4BD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BD9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BD9	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.208 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e6',
    500: '#8b4bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bd9;
$custom-light: #b281e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.042,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5613,
    "c": 0.20757,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BD9

secondary

#C3DDA3

accent

#E8409C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BD9

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