#8B4CD2#8B4CD2

#8B4CD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.198 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CD2
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 210)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 63.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 52.28, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 79.07, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1049 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.198 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8620, 15.3109, 62.6058)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CD2 #93D24C

analogous

#4C50D2 #8B4CD2 #CE4CD2

triadic

#8B4CD2 #D28B4C #4CD28B

tetradic

#8B4CD2 #D24C50 #93D24C #4CD2CE

square

#8B4CD2 #D24C50 #93D24C #4CD2CE

split-complementary

#8B4CD2 #D2CE4C #50D24C

monochromatic

#4F2183 #6C2DB4 #8B4CD2 #AB7DDE #CAAEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8B4CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8B4CD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CD2

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CD2	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.198 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e1',
    500: '#8b4cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cd2;
$custom-light: #b282e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.209,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55765,
    "c": 0.19848,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CD2

secondary

#BFD9A1

accent

#E34599

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CD2

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

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