#8A46B3#8A46B3

#8A46B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.172 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46B3
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 179)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 47.80, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 66.70, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.1122 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.172 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8065, 13.0387, 44.0597)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46B3 #6FB346

analogous

#5446B3 #8A46B3 #B346A6

triadic

#8A46B3 #B38A46 #46B38A

tetradic

#8A46B3 #B35446 #6FB346 #46A6B3

square

#8A46B3 #B35446 #6FB346 #46A6B3

split-complementary

#8A46B3 #A6B346 #46B354

monochromatic

#46245B #683587 #8A46B3 #A66FC7 #C19BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8A46B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A46B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46B3

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46B3	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B62B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B66B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.172 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7dca',
    500: '#8a46b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46b3;
$custom-light: #af7dca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.431,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52758,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46B3

secondary

#A4C490

accent

#D45484

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46B3

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