#8B4EE1#8B4EE1

#8B4EE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.213 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4EE1
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 54.98, -65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 85.59, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1013 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.213 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9590, 16.3736, 72.9596)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4EE1 #A4E14E

analogous

#4E5BE1 #8B4EE1 #D44EE1

triadic

#8B4EE1 #E18B4E #4EE18B

tetradic

#8B4EE1 #E14E5B #A4E14E #4EE1D4

square

#8B4EE1 #E14E5B #A4E14E #4EE1D4

split-complementary

#8B4EE1 #E1D44E #5BE14E

monochromatic

#4F1A9A #6A23CF #8B4EE1 #AD82EA #D0B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8B4EE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8B4EE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4EE1

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4EE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4EE1	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.213 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383eb',
    500: '#8b4ee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ee1;
$custom-light: #b383eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.898,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57105,
    "c": 0.21264,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4EE1

secondary

#CAE2A9

accent

#EE3AA3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4EE1

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

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