#8B4CB5#8B4CB5

#8B4CB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.166 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CB5
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 181)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 58%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 45.40, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 64.23, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1058 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.166 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5708, 13.9944, 45.2720)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CB5 #76B54C

analogous

#564CB5 #8B4CB5 #B54CAA

triadic

#8B4CB5 #B58B4C #4CB58B

tetradic

#8B4CB5 #B5564C #76B54C #4CAAB5

square

#8B4CB5 #B5564C #76B54C #4CAAB5

split-complementary

#8B4CB5 #AAB54C #4CB556

monochromatic

#49275F #6A398B #8B4CB5 #A777C7 #C3A3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8B4CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8B4CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CB5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CB5	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2766B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.166 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b081cc',
    500: '#8b4cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cb5;
$custom-light: #b081cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53848,
    "c": 0.16587,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CB5

secondary

#AAC697

accent

#D15688

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CB5

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

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