#8B4CD4#8B4CD4

#8B4CD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.201 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CD4
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, 52.77, -60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 80.09, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1048 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.201 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1127, 15.4112, 63.9262)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CD4 #95D44C

analogous

#4C51D4 #8B4CD4 #CF4CD4

triadic

#8B4CD4 #D48B4C #4CD48B

tetradic

#8B4CD4 #D44C51 #95D44C #4CD4CF

square

#8B4CD4 #D44C51 #95D44C #4CD4CF

split-complementary

#8B4CD4 #D4CF4C #51D44C

monochromatic

#4F2086 #6C2CB7 #8B4CD4 #AB7DE0 #CBAFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8B4CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8B4CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CD4

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CD4	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#146DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.201 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e2',
    500: '#8b4cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cd4;
$custom-light: #b282e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.794,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55906,
    "c": 0.20071,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CD4

secondary

#C0DAA2

accent

#E4439A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CD4

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

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