#8B4CD8#8B4CD8

#8B4CD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.205 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CD8
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 53.75, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 82.12, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1044 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.205 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6236, 15.6155, 66.6166)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CD8 #99D84C

analogous

#4C53D8 #8B4CD8 #D14CD8

triadic

#8B4CD8 #D88B4C #4CD88B

tetradic

#8B4CD8 #D84C53 #99D84C #4CD8D1

square

#8B4CD8 #D84C53 #99D84C #4CD8D1

split-complementary

#8B4CD8 #D8D14C #53D84C

monochromatic

#4F1E8B #6C29BE #8B4CD8 #AC7EE3 #CCB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#8B4CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8B4CD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CD8

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CD8	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.205 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e5',
    500: '#8b4cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cd8;
$custom-light: #b282e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.20517,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CD8

secondary

#C3DCA4

accent

#E7419C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CD8

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

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