#8B4EDA#8B4EDA

#8B4EDA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.205 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4EDA
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 218)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 64.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 53.23, -62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 82.03, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.102 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.205 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0236, 15.9995, 68.0332)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4EDA #9DDA4E

analogous

#4E57DA #8B4EDA #D14EDA

triadic

#8B4EDA #DA8B4E #4EDA8B

tetradic

#8B4EDA #DA4E57 #9DDA4E #4EDAD1

square

#8B4EDA #DA4E57 #9DDA4E #4EDAD1

split-complementary

#8B4EDA #DAD14E #57DA4E

monochromatic

#4F1E90 #6C29C2 #8B4EDA #AC81E5 #CDB3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8B4EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8B4EDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4EDA

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4EDA	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.205 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e6',
    500: '#8b4eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4eda;
$custom-light: #b283e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.143,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.566,
    "c": 0.20479,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4EDA

secondary

#C5DEA6

accent

#E83F9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4EDA

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

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