#8B4EE2#8B4EE2

#8B4EE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.214 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4EE2
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 65.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 55.23, -66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 86.10, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1012 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.214 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0958, 16.4283, 73.6802)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4EE2 #A5E24E

analogous

#4E5BE2 #8B4EE2 #D54EE2

triadic

#8B4EE2 #E28B4E #4EE28B

tetradic

#8B4EE2 #E24E5B #A5E24E #4EE2D5

square

#8B4EE2 #E24E5B #A5E24E #4EE2D5

split-complementary

#8B4EE2 #E2D54E #5BE24E

monochromatic

#4F1A9C #6A22D1 #8B4EE2 #AD83EB #D0B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8B4EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8B4EE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4EE2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4EE2	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.214 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383ec',
    500: '#8b4ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ee2;
$custom-light: #b383ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.73,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57178,
    "c": 0.21375,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4EE2

secondary

#CBE3A9

accent

#EF39A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4EE2

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

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