#8B4DE1#8B4DE1

#8B4DE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.214 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DE1
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 65.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 55.48, -65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 86.14, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1024 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.214 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8885, 16.2326, 72.9361)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DE1 #A3E14D

analogous

#4D59E1 #8B4DE1 #D54DE1

triadic

#8B4DE1 #E18B4D #4DE18B

tetradic

#8B4DE1 #E14D59 #A3E14D #4DE1D5

square

#8B4DE1 #E14D59 #A3E14D #4DE1D5

split-complementary

#8B4DE1 #E1D54D #59E14D

monochromatic

#4F1A9A #6B23CE #8B4DE1 #AD81EA #CFB6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8B4DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8B4DE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DE1

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DE1	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.214 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383eb',
    500: '#8b4de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4de1;
$custom-light: #b383eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.135,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56973,
    "c": 0.2139,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DE1

secondary

#CAE2A8

accent

#EE3AA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DE1

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

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