#8B4FDD#8B4FDD

#8B4FDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.207 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4FDD
RGB	rgb(139, 79, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 64.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 53.47, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 83.00, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1007 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.207 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4913, 16.3011, 70.1433)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4FDD #A1DD4F

analogous

#4F5ADD #8B4FDD #D24FDD

triadic

#8B4FDD #DD8B4F #4FDD8B

tetradic

#8B4FDD #DD4F5A #A1DD4F #4FDDD2

square

#8B4FDD #DD4F5A #A1DD4F #4FDDD2

split-complementary

#8B4FDD #DDD24F #5ADD4F

monochromatic

#4F1D95 #6B27C8 #8B4FDD #AD82E7 #CFB6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8B4FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8B4FDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4FDD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4FDD	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 79, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.207 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284e8',
    500: '#8b4fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4fdd;
$custom-light: #b284e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.352,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56949,
    "c": 0.20686,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4FDD

secondary

#C8E0A8

accent

#EA3DA1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4FDD

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

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