#8B4DD1#8B4DD1

#8B4DD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.196 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DD1
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 209)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 51.53, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 77.99, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1039 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.196 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.8073, 15.4001, 61.9748)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DD1 #93D14D

analogous

#4D51D1 #8B4DD1 #CD4DD1

triadic

#8B4DD1 #D18B4D #4DD18B

tetradic

#8B4DD1 #D14D51 #93D14D #4DD1CD

square

#8B4DD1 #D14D51 #93D14D #4DD1CD

split-complementary

#8B4DD1 #D1CD4D #51D14D

monochromatic

#4F2282 #6C2EB3 #8B4DD1 #AB7EDE #CAAEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8B4DD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8B4DD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DD1

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DD1	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F6DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.196 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e0',
    500: '#8b4dd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dd1;
$custom-light: #b182e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.182,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55831,
    "c": 0.196,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DD1

secondary

#BFD8A2

accent

#E24699

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DD1

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

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