#8B4CE3#8B4CE3

#8B4CE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.217 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4CE3
RGB	rgb(139, 76, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 66.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 56.48, -67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 87.70, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1032 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.217 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0935, 16.2035, 74.3583)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4CE3 #A4E34C

analogous

#4C59E3 #8B4CE3 #D74CE3

triadic

#8B4CE3 #E38B4C #4CE38B

tetradic

#8B4CE3 #E34C59 #A4E34C #4CE3D7

square

#8B4CE3 #E34C59 #A4E34C #4CE3D7

split-complementary

#8B4CE3 #E3D74C #59E34C

monochromatic

#4F189C #6A21D1 #8B4CE3 #AD81EB #D0B6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8B4CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8B4CE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4CE3

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4CE3	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 76, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.217 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b382ed',
    500: '#8b4ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ce3;
$custom-light: #b382ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.033,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56991,
    "c": 0.21736,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4CE3

secondary

#CAE3A8

accent

#F038A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4CE3

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

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