#8B4BEEVivid Violet

#8B4BEE is a vivid violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a bold, saturated medium violet, and it is also commonly known as Violet, Amethyst. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8B4BEE
CSS Nameblueviolet (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f4ff
100#ece6ff
200#dcd1ff
300#c7b2ff
400#ae88ff
500#9c62ff
600#8c48f1
700#7634d1
800#6229b1
900#542199
950#31115e

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.84:1
Contrast on black
4.34:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.015 296.4); /* #f6f4ff */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.035 296.4); /* #ece6ff */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.063 296.4); /* #dcd1ff */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.109 296.4); /* #c7b2ff */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.171 296.4); /* #ae88ff */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.222 296.4); /* #9c62ff */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.237 296.4); /* #8c48f1 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.223 296.4); /* #7634d1 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.199 296.4); /* #6229b1 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.179 296.4); /* #542199 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.126 296.4); /* #31115e */
}

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