#8B4ED8#8B4ED8

#8B4ED8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.203 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4ED8
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 52.74, -61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 81.01, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1022 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.203 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7635, 15.8954, 66.6632)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4ED8 #9BD84E

analogous

#4E56D8 #8B4ED8 #D04ED8

triadic

#8B4ED8 #D88B4E #4ED88B

tetradic

#8B4ED8 #D84E56 #9BD84E #4ED8D0

square

#8B4ED8 #D84E56 #9BD84E #4ED8D0

split-complementary

#8B4ED8 #D8D04E #56D84E

monochromatic

#4F1F8D #6C2ABF #8B4ED8 #AC80E3 #CDB2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8B4ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8B4ED8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4ED8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4ED8	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D6ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.203 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e5',
    500: '#8b4ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ed8;
$custom-light: #b283e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.522,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56458,
    "c": 0.20254,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4ED8

secondary

#C4DDA5

accent

#E7419E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4ED8

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

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