#8A46C6#8A46C6

#8A46C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.193 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46C6
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 198)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 52.19, -55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 76.31, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1114 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.193 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8622, 13.8610, 54.8861)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46C6 #82C646

analogous

#4A46C6 #8A46C6 #C646C2

triadic

#8A46C6 #C68A46 #46C68A

tetradic

#8A46C6 #C64A46 #82C646 #46C2C6

square

#8A46C6 #C64A46 #82C646 #46C2C6

split-complementary

#8A46C6 #C2C646 #46C64A

monochromatic

#4B226F #6B319E #8A46C6 #A875D4 #C5A4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A46C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A46C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46C6

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46C6	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2468C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.193 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed8',
    500: '#8a46c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46c6;
$custom-light: #b07ed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54023,
    "c": 0.19311,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46C6

secondary

#B2D098

accent

#DC4B8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46C6

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

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