#8B60B4#8B60B4

#8B60B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.132 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B60B4
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 180)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 46.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 34.08, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 51.16, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0782 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.132 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0669, 17.1502, 45.2663)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B60B4 #89B460

analogous

#6160B4 #8B60B4 #B460B3

triadic

#8B60B4 #B48B60 #60B48B

tetradic

#8B60B4 #B46160 #89B460 #60B3B4

square

#8B60B4 #B46160 #89B460 #60B3B4

split-complementary

#8B60B4 #B3B460 #60B461

monochromatic

#4D3168 #6C4592 #8B60B4 #A98AC8 #C8B3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8B60B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8B60B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B60B4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B60B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B60B4	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A72B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b60b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.132 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ecb',
    500: '#8b60b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b60b4;
$custom-light: #af8ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b60b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.714,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56955,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B60B4

secondary

#B7CAA6

accent

#CC5C93

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B60B4

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

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