#8B4DB2#8B4DB2

#8B4DB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.161 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DB2
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 56.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 44.18, -43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 62.10, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1044 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.161 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3357, 14.0115, 43.6914)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DB2 #74B24D

analogous

#594DB2 #8B4DB2 #B24DA6

triadic

#8B4DB2 #B28B4D #4DB28B

tetradic

#8B4DB2 #B2594D #74B24D #4DA6B2

square

#8B4DB2 #B2594D #74B24D #4DA6B2

split-complementary

#8B4DB2 #A6B24D #4DB259

monochromatic

#48285D #6A3B87 #8B4DB2 #A778C4 #C3A2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8B4DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8B4DB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DB2

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DB2	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.161 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81c9',
    500: '#8b4db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4db2;
$custom-light: #af81c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.832,
    "s": 39.608,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53809,
    "c": 0.16093,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DB2

secondary

#A8C497

accent

#CF5886

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DB2

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

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