#8B4CC2#8B4CC2

#8B4CC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.181 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CC2
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 194)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 60.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 48.43, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 70.88, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1058 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.181 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9674, 14.5531, 52.6275)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CC2 #83C24C

analogous

#504CC2 #8B4CC2 #C24CBE

triadic

#8B4CC2 #C28B4C #4CC28B

tetradic

#8B4CC2 #C2504C #83C24C #4CBEC2

square

#8B4CC2 #C2504C #83C24C #4CBEC2

split-complementary

#8B4CC2 #BEC24C #4CC250

monochromatic

#4C266E #6C359C #8B4CC2 #A97AD2 #C6A7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8B4CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B4CC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CC2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CC2	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F69C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.181 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b081d5',
    500: '#8b4cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cc2;
$custom-light: #b081d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.034,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54679,
    "c": 0.18051,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CC2

secondary

#B3CE9B

accent

#D94F8F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CC2

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

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