#8B4CC7#8B4CC7

#8B4CC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.186 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CC7
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 199)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, 49.62, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 73.44, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1056 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.186 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5384, 14.7815, 55.6348)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CC7 #88C74C

analogous

#4E4CC7 #8B4CC7 #C74CC5

triadic

#8B4CC7 #C78B4C #4CC78B

tetradic

#8B4CC7 #C74E4C #88C74C #4CC5C7

square

#8B4CC7 #C74E4C #88C74C #4CC5C7

split-complementary

#8B4CC7 #C5C74C #4CC74E

monochromatic

#4D2474 #6C33A3 #8B4CC7 #A97BD6 #C7A9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8B4CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8B4CC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CC7

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CC7	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.186 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181d9',
    500: '#8b4cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cc7;
$custom-light: #b181d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55011,
    "c": 0.18614,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CC7

secondary

#B7D29D

accent

#DC4C92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CC7

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

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