#8A46B6#8A46B6

#8A46B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.176 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46B6
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 182)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 48.48, -47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 68.21, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% 0.1122 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.176 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1133, 13.1614, 45.6751)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46B6 #72B646

analogous

#5246B6 #8A46B6 #B646AA

triadic

#8A46B6 #B68A46 #46B68A

tetradic

#8A46B6 #B65246 #72B646 #46AAB6

square

#8A46B6 #B65246 #72B646 #46AAB6

split-complementary

#8A46B6 #AAB646 #46B652

monochromatic

#47245E #68358A #8A46B6 #A671C8 #C29DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8A46B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A46B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46B6

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46B6	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1563BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3867B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.176 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7dcc',
    500: '#8a46b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46b6;
$custom-light: #af7dcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52951,
    "c": 0.17567,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46B6

secondary

#A6C692

accent

#D45486

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46B6

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

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