#8B4DEC#8B4DEC

#8B4DEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.226 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DEC
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 236)
HSL	hsl(263, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 58.24, -70.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 91.69, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1009 -0.2023)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.226 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4377, 16.8523, 81.0951)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DEC #AEEC4D

analogous

#4D5FEC #8B4DEC #DB4DEC

triadic

#8B4DEC #EC8B4D #4DEC8B

tetradic

#8B4DEC #EC4D5F #AEEC4D #4DECDB

square

#8B4DEC #EC4D5F #AEEC4D #4DECDB

split-complementary

#8B4DEC #ECDB4D #5FEC4D

monochromatic

#4E12AC #6818E4 #8B4DEC #AF84F2 #D3BCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8B4DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8B4DEC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DEC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DEC	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.226 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483f3',
    500: '#8b4dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dec;
$custom-light: #b483f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.396,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57793,
    "c": 0.22607,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DEC

secondary

#D1E8AD

accent

#DD088A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6EFFE

border

#D0CAD6

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DEC

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

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