#8B4DCC#8B4DCC

#8B4DCC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.190 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DCC
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 50.31, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 75.43, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1042 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.19 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1979, 15.1564, 58.7657)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DCC #8ECC4D

analogous

#4D4FCC #8B4DCC #CA4DCC

triadic

#8B4DCC #CC8B4D #4DCC8B

tetradic

#8B4DCC #CC4D4F #8ECC4D #4DCCCA

square

#8B4DCC #CC4D4F #8ECC4D #4DCCCA

split-complementary

#8B4DCC #CCCA4D #4FCC4D

monochromatic

#4E237B #6C31AB #8B4DCC #AA7DDA #C9ACE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8B4DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8B4DCC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DCC

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DCC	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.190 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182dc',
    500: '#8b4dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dcc;
$custom-light: #b182dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.291,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55487,
    "c": 0.19037,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DCC

secondary

#BBD5A0

accent

#DF4996

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DCC

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

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