#8B4EE9#8B4EE9

#8B4EE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.222 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4EE9
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 233)
HSL	hsl(264, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 56.99, -69.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 89.64, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1003 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.222 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0760, 16.8204, 78.8424)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4EE9 #ACE94E

analogous

#4E5EE9 #8B4EE9 #D84EE9

triadic

#8B4EE9 #E98B4E #4EE98B

tetradic

#8B4EE9 #E94E5E #ACE94E #4EE9D8

square

#8B4EE9 #E94E5E #ACE94E #4EE9D8

split-complementary

#8B4EE9 #E9D84E #5EE94E

monochromatic

#4F15A8 #681CDE #8B4EE9 #AF84F0 #D2BBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8B4EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8B4EE9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4EE9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4EE9	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.222 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383f1',
    500: '#8b4ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4ee9;
$custom-light: #b383f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.613,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57695,
    "c": 0.22154,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4EE9

secondary

#D0E7AC

accent

#DA0B89

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4EE9

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

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