#8B4BDA#8B4BDA

#8B4BDA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.209 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BDA
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 54.74, -63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 83.69, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1053 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.209 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8153, 15.5829, 67.9638)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BDA #9ADA4B

analogous

#4B53DA #8B4BDA #D34BDA

triadic

#8B4BDA #DA8B4B #4BDA8B

tetradic

#8B4BDA #DA4B53 #9ADA4B #4BDAD3

square

#8B4BDA #DA4B53 #9ADA4B #4BDAD3

split-complementary

#8B4BDA #DAD34B #53DA4B

monochromatic

#4F1D8E #6C28C0 #8B4BDA #AC7EE4 #CCB1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8B4BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8B4BDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BDA

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BDA	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.209 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e6',
    500: '#8b4bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bda;
$custom-light: #b281e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.853,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56203,
    "c": 0.20868,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BDA

secondary

#C3DDA4

accent

#E93F9D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BDA

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

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