#8B4DD3#8B4DD3

#8B4DD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.198 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DD3
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 211)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 63.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 52.02, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 79.01, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1037 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.198 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0564, 15.4998, 63.2871)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DD3 #95D34D

analogous

#4D52D3 #8B4DD3 #CE4DD3

triadic

#8B4DD3 #D38B4D #4DD38B

tetradic

#8B4DD3 #D34D52 #95D34D #4DD3CE

square

#8B4DD3 #D34D52 #95D34D #4DD3CE

split-complementary

#8B4DD3 #D3CE4D #52D34D

monochromatic

#4F2185 #6C2DB6 #8B4DD3 #AB7EDF #CBAFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8B4DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8B4DD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DD3

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DD3	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.198 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e1',
    500: '#8b4dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dd3;
$custom-light: #b282e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.761,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5597,
    "c": 0.19825,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DD3

secondary

#C0D9A2

accent

#E4449A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DD3

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

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