#8B4CD7#8B4CD7

#8B4CD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.204 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CD7
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 64.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 53.51, -61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 81.61, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1045 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.204 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4947, 15.5640, 65.9378)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CD7 #98D74C

analogous

#4C53D7 #8B4CD7 #D04CD7

triadic

#8B4CD7 #D78B4C #4CD78B

tetradic

#8B4CD7 #D74C53 #98D74C #4CD7D0

square

#8B4CD7 #D74C53 #98D74C #4CD7D0

split-complementary

#8B4CD7 #D7D04C #53D74C

monochromatic

#4F1F8A #6C2ABC #8B4CD7 #AB7EE2 #CCB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8B4CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8B4CD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CD7

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CD7	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.204 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e4',
    500: '#8b4cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cd7;
$custom-light: #b282e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.194,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56119,
    "c": 0.20406,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CD7

secondary

#C2DCA3

accent

#E6419C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CD7

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

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