#8B4CB2#8B4CB2

#8B4CB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.163 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CB2
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 57.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 44.71, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 62.70, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1057 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.163 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2663, 13.8726, 43.6682)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CB2 #73B24C

analogous

#584CB2 #8B4CB2 #B24CA6

triadic

#8B4CB2 #B28B4C #4CB28B

tetradic

#8B4CB2 #B2584C #73B24C #4CA6B2

square

#8B4CB2 #B2584C #73B24C #4CA6B2

split-complementary

#8B4CB2 #A6B24C #4CB258

monochromatic

#48275C #6A3A87 #8B4CB2 #A776C5 #C3A1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8B4CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8B4CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CB2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CB2	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4369AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.163 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b081c9',
    500: '#8b4cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cb2;
$custom-light: #b081c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53663,
    "c": 0.1625,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CB2

secondary

#A7C496

accent

#D05886

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CB2

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

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