#8B4DDD#8B4DDD

#8B4DDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.209 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DDD
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 54.48, -64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 84.11, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1028 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.209 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3492, 16.0169, 70.0960)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DDD #9FDD4D

analogous

#4D57DD #8B4DDD #D34DDD

triadic

#8B4DDD #DD8B4D #4DDD8B

tetradic

#8B4DDD #DD4D57 #9FDD4D #4DDDD3

square

#8B4DDD #DD4D57 #9FDD4D #4DDDD3

split-complementary

#8B4DDD #DDD34D #57DD4D

monochromatic

#501C93 #6B26C7 #8B4DDD #AC80E7 #CEB4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8B4DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8B4DDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DDD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DDD	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.209 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e8',
    500: '#8b4ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ddd;
$custom-light: #b282e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56682,
    "c": 0.20945,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DDD

secondary

#C7DFA6

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DDD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →