#8B4DE7#8B4DE7

#8B4DE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.221 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DE7
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 231)
HSL	hsl(264, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 56.98, -68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 89.17, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1016 -0.1957)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.221 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7214, 16.5658, 77.3228)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DE7 #A9E74D

analogous

#4D5CE7 #8B4DE7 #D84DE7

triadic

#8B4DE7 #E78B4D #4DE78B

tetradic

#8B4DE7 #E74D5C #A9E74D #4DE7D8

square

#8B4DE7 #E74D5C #A9E74D #4DE7D8

split-complementary

#8B4DE7 #E7D84D #5CE74D

monochromatic

#4F16A4 #691DD9 #8B4DE7 #AE83EE #D1B9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8B4DE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8B4DE7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DE7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DE7	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4de7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.221 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383f0',
    500: '#8b4de7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4de7;
$custom-light: #b383f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4de7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.156,
    "s": 76.238,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57417,
    "c": 0.22055,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DE7

secondary

#CEE5AA

accent

#D80D87

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DE7

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

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