#8B4FA7#8B4FA7

#8B4FA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.145 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4FA7
RGB	rgb(139, 79, 167)
HSL	hsl(281, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(281, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 52.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 40.62, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 55.26, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1009 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.145 314)
XYZ	xyz(20.4173, 13.8715, 38.1536)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4FA7 #6BA74F

analogous

#5F4FA7 #8B4FA7 #A74F97

triadic

#8B4FA7 #A78B4F #4FA78B

tetradic

#8B4FA7 #A75F4F #6BA74F #4F97A7

square

#8B4FA7 #A75F4F #6BA74F #4F97A7

split-complementary

#8B4FA7 #97A74F #4FA75F

monochromatic

#462854 #683B7D #8B4FA7 #A775BE #C19FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8B4FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8B4FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4FA7

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4FA7	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A65AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 79, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.145 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af82c1',
    500: '#8b4fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4fa7;
$custom-light: #af82c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 35.772,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53463,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.13871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4FA7

secondary

#A1BE93

accent

#CC5C80

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF7

border

#D0CAD0

text

#110B12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4FA7

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

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