#8B4CDC#8B4CDC

#8B4CDC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.210 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CDC
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 65.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 54.74, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 84.15, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.104 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.21 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1470, 15.8249, 69.3732)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CDC #9DDC4C

analogous

#4C55DC #8B4CDC #D34CDC

triadic

#8B4CDC #DC8B4C #4CDC8B

tetradic

#8B4CDC #DC4C55 #9DDC4C #4CDCD3

square

#8B4CDC #DC4C55 #9DDC4C #4CDCD3

split-complementary

#8B4CDC #DCD34C #55DC4C

monochromatic

#4F1C91 #6C26C4 #8B4CDC #AC7FE6 #CDB2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8B4CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8B4CDC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CDC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CDC	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.210 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e8',
    500: '#8b4cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4cdc;
$custom-light: #b282e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56478,
    "c": 0.20961,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CDC

secondary

#C5DFA5

accent

#EA3E9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CDC

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

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