#8B4CCE#8B4CCE

#8B4CCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.194 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CCE
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 63.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 51.31, -57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 77.02, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1052 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.194 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3699, 15.1141, 60.0140)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CCE #8FCE4C

analogous

#4C4ECE #8B4CCE #CC4CCE

triadic

#8B4CCE #CE8B4C #4CCE8B

tetradic

#8B4CCE #CE4C4E #8FCE4C #4CCECC

square

#8B4CCE #CE4C4E #8FCE4C #4CCECC

split-complementary

#8B4CCE #CECC4C #4ECE4C

monochromatic

#4E227D #6C2FAD #8B4CCE #AA7CDB #C9ACE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#8B4CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#8B4CCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CCE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CCE	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.194 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181de',
    500: '#8b4cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cce;
$custom-light: #b181de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.077,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55487,
    "c": 0.19399,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CCE

secondary

#BCD6A0

accent

#E04896

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CCE

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

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