#8B4DD9#8B4DD9

#8B4DD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.205 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DD9
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 64.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 53.49, -62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 82.08, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1032 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.205 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8227, 15.8063, 67.3227)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DD9 #9BD94D

analogous

#4D55D9 #8B4DD9 #D14DD9

triadic

#8B4DD9 #D98B4D #4DD98B

tetradic

#8B4DD9 #D94D55 #9BD94D #4DD9D1

square

#8B4DD9 #D94D55 #9BD94D #4DD9D1

split-complementary

#8B4DD9 #D9D14D #55D94D

monochromatic

#4F1E8D #6C29C0 #8B4DD9 #AC7FE4 #CDB2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8B4DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8B4DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DD9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DD9	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.205 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e6',
    500: '#8b4dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dd9;
$custom-light: #b282e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.571,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56394,
    "c": 0.20498,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DD9

secondary

#C4DDA5

accent

#E8409D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DD9

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

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