#8B4FD6#8B4FD6

#8B4FD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.199 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4FD6
RGB	rgb(139, 79, 214)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 63.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, 51.73, -60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 79.42, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1012 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.199 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5781, 15.9358, 65.3336)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4FD6 #9AD64F

analogous

#4F56D6 #8B4FD6 #CF4FD6

triadic

#8B4FD6 #D68B4F #4FD68B

tetradic

#8B4FD6 #D64F56 #9AD64F #4FD6CF

square

#8B4FD6 #D64F56 #9AD64F #4FD6CF

split-complementary

#8B4FD6 #D6CF4F #56D64F

monochromatic

#4F208A #6C2CBC #8B4FD6 #AC81E2 #CCB2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8B4FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8B4FD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4FD6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4FD6	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 79, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.199 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e3',
    500: '#8b4fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4fd6;
$custom-light: #b284e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 62.212,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56453,
    "c": 0.19894,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4FD6

secondary

#C3DCA5

accent

#E5439D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4FD6

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

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