#8B4BE4#8B4BE4

#8B4BE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.220 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BE4
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 67.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 57.22, -67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 88.74, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.104 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.22 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1636, 16.1222, 75.0645)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BE4 #A4E44B

analogous

#4B58E4 #8B4BE4 #D84BE4

triadic

#8B4BE4 #E48B4B #4BE48B

tetradic

#8B4BE4 #E44B58 #A4E44B #4BE4D8

square

#8B4BE4 #E44B58 #A4E44B #4BE4D8

split-complementary

#8B4BE4 #E4D84B #58E44B

monochromatic

#4F189D #6A20D2 #8B4BE4 #AD80EC #D0B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8B4BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8B4BE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BE4

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BE4	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.220 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b381ed',
    500: '#8b4be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4be4;
$custom-light: #b381ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.098,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56938,
    "c": 0.2197,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BE4

secondary

#CAE3A8

accent

#F137A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BE4

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

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