#8B4ED4#8B4ED4

#8B4ED4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.198 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4ED4
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 212)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 51.75, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 78.96, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1025 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.198 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2527, 15.6911, 63.9729)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4ED4 #97D44E

analogous

#4E54D4 #8B4ED4 #CE4ED4

triadic

#8B4ED4 #D48B4E #4ED48B

tetradic

#8B4ED4 #D44E54 #97D44E #4ED4CE

square

#8B4ED4 #D44E54 #97D44E #4ED4CE

split-complementary

#8B4ED4 #D4CE4E #54D44E

monochromatic

#4F2187 #6C2DB8 #8B4ED4 #AB7FE0 #CCB0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8B4ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8B4ED4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4ED4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4ED4	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.198 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e2',
    500: '#8b4ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ed4;
$custom-light: #b283e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.313,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56176,
    "c": 0.19802,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4ED4

secondary

#C1DAA4

accent

#E4449B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4ED4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →