#8B4DDE#8B4DDE

#8B4DDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.211 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DDE
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 222)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 65.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 54.73, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 84.62, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1027 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.211 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4829, 16.0703, 70.7997)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DDE #A0DE4D

analogous

#4D57DE #8B4DDE #D34DDE

triadic

#8B4DDE #DE8B4D #4DDE8B

tetradic

#8B4DDE #DE4D57 #A0DE4D #4DDED3

square

#8B4DDE #DE4D57 #A0DE4D #4DDED3

split-complementary

#8B4DDE #DED34D #57DE4D

monochromatic

#501C95 #6B25C9 #8B4DDE #AD81E8 #CEB4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8B4DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8B4DDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DDE

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DDE	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.211 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e9',
    500: '#8b4dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dde;
$custom-light: #b383e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.655,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56754,
    "c": 0.21056,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DDE

secondary

#C8E0A7

accent

#EC3CA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DDE

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

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