#8B4ED6#8B4ED6

#8B4ED6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.200 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4ED6
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 214)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 63.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 52.24, -60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 79.98, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1024 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.2 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5065, 15.7926, 65.3098)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4ED6 #99D64E

analogous

#4E55D6 #8B4ED6 #CF4ED6

triadic

#8B4ED6 #D68B4E #4ED68B

tetradic

#8B4ED6 #D64E55 #99D64E #4ED6CF

square

#8B4ED6 #D64E55 #99D64E #4ED6CF

split-complementary

#8B4ED6 #D6CF4E #55D64E

monochromatic

#4F208A #6C2BBB #8B4ED6 #AC80E2 #CCB1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8B4ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8B4ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4ED6

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4ED6	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#146ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.200 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e3',
    500: '#8b4ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ed6;
$custom-light: #b283e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.912,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56316,
    "c": 0.20028,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4ED6

secondary

#C3DBA4

accent

#E5429C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4ED6

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

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