#8B4EDC#8B4EDC

#8B4EDC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.207 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4EDC
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 64.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 53.73, -63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 83.05, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1018 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.207 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2869, 16.1048, 69.4199)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4EDC #9FDC4E

analogous

#4E58DC #8B4EDC #D24EDC

triadic

#8B4EDC #DC8B4E #4EDC8B

tetradic

#8B4EDC #DC4E58 #9FDC4E #4EDCD2

square

#8B4EDC #DC4E58 #9FDC4E #4EDCD2

split-complementary

#8B4EDC #DCD24E #58DC4E

monochromatic

#501D93 #6B27C6 #8B4EDC #AC81E6 #CEB4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8B4EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8B4EDC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4EDC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4EDC	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.207 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e8',
    500: '#8b4edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4edc;
$custom-light: #b283e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.775,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56743,
    "c": 0.20703,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4EDC

secondary

#C7DFA7

accent

#EA3EA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4EDC

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

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