#8B4EDD#8B4EDD

#8B4EDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.208 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4EDD
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 64.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 53.98, -63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 83.56, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1017 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.208 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4198, 16.1579, 70.1195)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4EDD #A0DD4E

analogous

#4E58DD #8B4EDD #D24EDD

triadic

#8B4EDD #DD8B4E #4EDD8B

tetradic

#8B4EDD #DD4E58 #A0DD4E #4EDDD2

square

#8B4EDD #DD4E58 #A0DD4E #4EDDD2

split-complementary

#8B4EDD #DDD24E #58DD4E

monochromatic

#501C94 #6B26C7 #8B4EDD #AD81E7 #CEB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8B4EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8B4EDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4EDD

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4EDD	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.208 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e8',
    500: '#8b4edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4edd;
$custom-light: #b283e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.594,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56815,
    "c": 0.20815,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4EDD

secondary

#C8E0A7

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4EDD

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

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