#8A46B2#8A46B2

#8A46B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.171 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46B2
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 178)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 47.57, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 66.19, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% 0.1122 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.171 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7058, 12.9984, 43.5290)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46B2 #6EB246

analogous

#5446B2 #8A46B2 #B246A4

triadic

#8A46B2 #B28A46 #46B28A

tetradic

#8A46B2 #B25446 #6EB246 #46A4B2

square

#8A46B2 #B25446 #6EB246 #46A4B2

split-complementary

#8A46B2 #A4B246 #46B254

monochromatic

#46235A #683586 #8A46B2 #A66FC6 #C19BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8A46B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A46B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46B2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46B2	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D62B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C66AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.171 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7dc9',
    500: '#8a46b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46b2;
$custom-light: #af7dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52695,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46B2

secondary

#A3C490

accent

#D35583

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46B2

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

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