#8B4CDB#8B4CDB

#8B4CDB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.208 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CDB
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 219)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 54.49, -63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 83.65, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1041 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.209 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0149, 15.7721, 68.6778)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CDB #9CDB4C

analogous

#4C54DB #8B4CDB #D34CDB

triadic

#8B4CDB #DB8B4C #4CDB8B

tetradic

#8B4CDB #DB4C54 #9CDB4C #4CDBD3

square

#8B4CDB #DB4C54 #9CDB4C #4CDBD3

split-complementary

#8B4CDB #DBD34C #54DB4C

monochromatic

#4F1D90 #6C27C3 #8B4CDB #AC7FE5 #CDB2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8B4CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8B4CDB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CDB

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CDB	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.208 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e7',
    500: '#8b4cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cdb;
$custom-light: #b282e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.434,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56406,
    "c": 0.2085,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CDB

secondary

#C5DEA5

accent

#E93E9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CDB

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

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