#8B4BDD#8B4BDD

#8B4BDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.212 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BDD
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 66.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 55.48, -64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 85.21, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1049 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.212 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2115, 15.7413, 70.0500)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BDD #9DDD4B

analogous

#4B54DD #8B4BDD #D44BDD

triadic

#8B4BDD #DD8B4B #4BDD8B

tetradic

#8B4BDD #DD4B54 #9DDD4B #4BDDD4

square

#8B4BDD #DD4B54 #9DDD4B #4BDDD4

split-complementary

#8B4BDD #DDD44B #54DD4B

monochromatic

#4F1C92 #6C25C5 #8B4BDD #AC7EE7 #CDB2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8B4BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8B4BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BDD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BDD	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.212 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b381e8',
    500: '#8b4bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bdd;
$custom-light: #b381e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.301,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56421,
    "c": 0.21199,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BDD

secondary

#C5DFA5

accent

#EB3D9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BDD

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

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