#8B4FD9#8B4FD9

#8B4FD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.202 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4FD9
RGB	rgb(139, 79, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 52.48, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 80.95, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.101 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.202 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9648, 16.0905, 67.3700)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4FD9 #9DD94F

analogous

#4F58D9 #8B4FD9 #D04FD9

triadic

#8B4FD9 #D98B4F #4FD98B

tetradic

#8B4FD9 #D94F58 #9DD94F #4FD9D0

square

#8B4FD9 #D94F58 #9DD94F #4FD9D0

split-complementary

#8B4FD9 #D9D04F #58D94F

monochromatic

#4F1F8F #6C2AC1 #8B4FD9 #AC81E4 #CDB4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8B4FD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8B4FD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4FD9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4FD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4FD9	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D6FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 79, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.202 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e6',
    500: '#8b4fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4fd9;
$custom-light: #b284e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56664,
    "c": 0.20234,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4FD9

secondary

#C5DDA6

accent

#E7409F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4FD9

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

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