#8B4CD1#8B4CD1

#8B4CD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.197 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CD1
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 209)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 52.04, -58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 78.56, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.105 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.197 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7378, 15.2612, 61.9517)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CD1 #92D14C

analogous

#4C4FD1 #8B4CD1 #CD4CD1

triadic

#8B4CD1 #D18B4C #4CD18B

tetradic

#8B4CD1 #D14C4F #92D14C #4CD1CD

square

#8B4CD1 #D14C4F #92D14C #4CD1CD

split-complementary

#8B4CD1 #D1CD4C #4FD14C

monochromatic

#4F2181 #6C2EB2 #8B4CD1 #AB7DDE #CAADEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8B4CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8B4CD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CD1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CD1	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.197 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e0',
    500: '#8b4cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cd1;
$custom-light: #b282e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55696,
    "c": 0.19736,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CD1

secondary

#BED8A1

accent

#E24698

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CD1

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

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