#8B4DC8#8B4DC8

#8B4DC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.186 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DC8
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 49.35, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 73.38, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1044 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.186 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7243, 14.9669, 56.2714)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DC8 #8AC84D

analogous

#4E4DC8 #8B4DC8 #C84DC8

triadic

#8B4DC8 #C88B4D #4DC88B

tetradic

#8B4DC8 #C84E4D #8AC84D #4DC8C8

square

#8B4DC8 #C84E4D #8AC84D #4DC8C8

split-complementary

#8B4DC8 #C8C84D #4DC84E

monochromatic

#4E2476 #6C33A5 #8B4DC8 #A97CD6 #C8ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8B4DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8B4DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DC8

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DC8	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.186 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182d9',
    500: '#8b4dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dc8;
$custom-light: #b182d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.244,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55217,
    "c": 0.18584,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DC8

secondary

#B8D29E

accent

#DC4C93

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DC8

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

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