#8B4CB4#8B4CB4

#8B4CB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.165 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CB4
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 57.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 45.17, -44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 63.72, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1058 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.165 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4686, 13.9535, 44.7335)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CB4 #75B44C

analogous

#574CB4 #8B4CB4 #B44CA9

triadic

#8B4CB4 #B48B4C #4CB48B

tetradic

#8B4CB4 #B4574C #75B44C #4CA9B4

square

#8B4CB4 #B4574C #75B44C #4CA9B4

split-complementary

#8B4CB4 #A9B44C #4CB457

monochromatic

#49275E #6A3A89 #8B4CB4 #A777C6 #C3A2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8B4CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B4CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CB4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CB4	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.165 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b081cb',
    500: '#8b4cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cb4;
$custom-light: #b081cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.346,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53786,
    "c": 0.16475,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CB4

secondary

#A9C597

accent

#D15787

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CB4

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

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