#8B4BEC#8B4BEC

#8B4BEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.228 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4BEC
RGB	rgb(139, 75, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 59.21, -71.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 92.75, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1029 -0.204)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.228 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2999, 16.5767, 81.0492)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4BEC #ACEC4B

analogous

#4B5BEC #8B4BEC #DC4BEC

triadic

#8B4BEC #EC8B4B #4BEC8B

tetradic

#8B4BEC #EC4B5B #ACEC4B #4BECDC

square

#8B4BEC #EC4B5B #ACEC4B #4BECDC

split-complementary

#8B4BEC #ECDC4B #5BEC4B

monochromatic

#4F12AB #6818E2 #8B4BEC #AF82F2 #D2BAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8B4BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8B4BEC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4BEC

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4BEC	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 75, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.228 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482f3',
    500: '#8b4bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4bec;
$custom-light: #b482f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.851,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57542,
    "c": 0.22844,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4BEC

secondary

#D0E8AB

accent

#DD0889

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6EFFE

border

#D0CAD6

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4BEC

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

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