#8B4DDA#8B4DDA

#8B4DDA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.206 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DDA
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 218)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 64.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 53.74, -62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 82.58, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1031 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.206 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.9531, 15.8585, 68.0097)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DDA #9CDA4D

analogous

#4D55DA #8B4DDA #D14DDA

triadic

#8B4DDA #DA8B4D #4DDA8B

tetradic

#8B4DDA #DA4D55 #9CDA4D #4DDAD1

square

#8B4DDA #DA4D55 #9CDA4D #4DDAD1

split-complementary

#8B4DDA #DAD14D #55DA4D

monochromatic

#4F1E8F #6C28C2 #8B4DDA #AC80E5 #CDB2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8B4DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8B4DDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DDA

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DDA	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.206 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e6',
    500: '#8b4dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dda;
$custom-light: #b282e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.383,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56466,
    "c": 0.20609,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DDA

secondary

#C5DEA5

accent

#E93F9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DDA

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

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