#8B4ED9#8B4ED9

#8B4ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.204 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4ED9
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 52.99, -61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 81.52, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1021 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.204 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8932, 15.9473, 67.3462)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4ED9 #9CD94E

analogous

#4E56D9 #8B4ED9 #D04ED9

triadic

#8B4ED9 #D98B4E #4ED98B

tetradic

#8B4ED9 #D94E56 #9CD94E #4ED9D0

square

#8B4ED9 #D94E56 #9CD94E #4ED9D0

split-complementary

#8B4ED9 #D9D04E #56D94E

monochromatic

#4F1F8E #6C29C0 #8B4ED9 #AC80E4 #CDB3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8B4ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8B4ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4ED9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4ED9	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.204 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e6',
    500: '#8b4ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ed9;
$custom-light: #b283e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.331,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56528,
    "c": 0.20366,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4ED9

secondary

#C5DDA6

accent

#E8409E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4ED9

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

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