#8B4CE0#8B4CE0

#8B4CE0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.214 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CE0
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 224)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 66.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 55.73, -65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 86.18, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1035 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.214 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6831, 16.0393, 72.1967)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CE0 #A1E04C

analogous

#4C57E0 #8B4CE0 #D54CE0

triadic

#8B4CE0 #E08B4C #4CE08B

tetradic

#8B4CE0 #E04C57 #A1E04C #4CE0D5

square

#8B4CE0 #E04C57 #A1E04C #4CE0D5

split-complementary

#8B4CE0 #E0D54C #57E04C

monochromatic

#4F1A97 #6B23CC #8B4CE0 #AD80E9 #CFB4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8B4CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8B4CE0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CE0

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CE0	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.214 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b382eb',
    500: '#8b4ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ce0;
$custom-light: #b382eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.541,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5677,
    "c": 0.21405,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CE0

secondary

#C8E1A7

accent

#ED3BA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

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