#8B74DF#8B74DF

#8B74DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.157 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B74DF
RGB	rgb(139, 116, 223)
HSL	hsl(253, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 48%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 33.52, -51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 61.64, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.0564 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.157 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2086, 23.3067, 72.7048)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B74DF #C8DF74

analogous

#7493DF #8B74DF #C174DF

triadic

#8B74DF #DF8B74 #74DF8B

tetradic

#8B74DF #DF7493 #C8DF74 #74DFC1

square

#8B74DF #DF7493 #C8DF74 #74DFC1

split-complementary

#8B74DF #DFC174 #93DF74

monochromatic

#4629B0 #6142D4 #8B74DF #B5A6EA #DED7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8B74DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8B74DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B74DF

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B74DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B74DF	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C86E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E82DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b74df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 116, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.157 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ce9',
    500: '#8b74df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b74df;
$custom-light: #b19ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b74df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.897,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62896,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B74DF

secondary

#E1E9C6

accent

#CA1BA5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B74DF

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

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