#8A46B8#8A46B8

#8A46B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.178 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46B8
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 184)
HSL	hsl(276, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 62%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 48.94, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 69.22, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1121 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.178 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3214, 13.2446, 46.7714)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46B8 #74B846

analogous

#5146B8 #8A46B8 #B846AD

triadic

#8A46B8 #B88A46 #46B88A

tetradic

#8A46B8 #B85146 #74B846 #46ADB8

square

#8A46B8 #B85146 #74B846 #46ADB8

split-complementary

#8A46B8 #ADB846 #46B851

monochromatic

#47245F #69358C #8A46B8 #A672C9 #C29EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8A46B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A46B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46B8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46B8	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F63BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3667B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.178 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7dce',
    500: '#8a46b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46b8;
$custom-light: #af7dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.789,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53081,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46B8

secondary

#A8C793

accent

#D55387

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46B8

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

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