#8B4DD7#8B4DD7

#8B4DD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.203 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DD7
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.58, 53.00, -61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.58, 81.06, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1034 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.203 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5641, 15.7028, 65.9609)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DD7 #99D74D

analogous

#4D54D7 #8B4DD7 #D04DD7

triadic

#8B4DD7 #D78B4D #4DD78B

tetradic

#8B4DD7 #D74D54 #99D74D #4DD7D0

square

#8B4DD7 #D74D54 #99D74D #4DD7D0

split-complementary

#8B4DD7 #D7D04D #54D74D

monochromatic

#4F1F8A #6C2ABC #8B4DD7 #AC7FE2 #CCB1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8B4DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8B4DD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DD7

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DD7	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.203 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e4',
    500: '#8b4dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dd7;
$custom-light: #b282e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56252,
    "c": 0.20273,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DD7

secondary

#C3DCA4

accent

#E6419C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DD7

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

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