#8A46C8#8A46C8

#8A46C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.195 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46C8
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 65%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 52.66, -56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 77.32, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1112 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.195 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0944, 13.9538, 56.1091)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46C8 #84C846

analogous

#4946C8 #8A46C8 #C846C5

triadic

#8A46C8 #C88A46 #46C88A

tetradic

#8A46C8 #C84946 #84C846 #46C5C8

square

#8A46C8 #C84946 #84C846 #46C5C8

split-complementary

#8A46C8 #C5C846 #46C849

monochromatic

#4C2272 #6B30A1 #8A46C8 #A875D6 #C6A4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A46C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A46C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46C8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46C8	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2068C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.195 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ed9',
    500: '#8a46c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46c8;
$custom-light: #b17ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54162,
    "c": 0.19529,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46C8

secondary

#B4D199

accent

#DE4A91

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46C8

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

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