#8B4CD6#8B4CD6

#8B4CD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.203 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CD6
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 214)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 64.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 53.26, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 81.10, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1046 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.203 301)
XYZ	xyz(25.3666, 15.5127, 65.2631)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CD6 #97D64C

analogous

#4C52D6 #8B4CD6 #D04CD6

triadic

#8B4CD6 #D68B4C #4CD68B

tetradic

#8B4CD6 #D64C52 #97D64C #4CD6D0

square

#8B4CD6 #D64C52 #97D64C #4CD6D0

split-complementary

#8B4CD6 #D6D04C #52D64C

monochromatic

#4F1F88 #6C2BBA #8B4CD6 #AB7EE1 #CCB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8B4CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8B4CD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CD6

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CD6	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.203 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e3',
    500: '#8b4cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cd6;
$custom-light: #b282e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56047,
    "c": 0.20294,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.15513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CD6

secondary

#C1DBA3

accent

#E6429B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CD6

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

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