#8A46C9#8A46C9

#8A46C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.196 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46C9
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 52.90, -57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 77.82, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1111 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.196 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2116, 14.0007, 56.7266)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46C9 #85C946

analogous

#4846C9 #8A46C9 #C946C7

triadic

#8A46C9 #C98A46 #46C98A

tetradic

#8A46C9 #C94846 #85C946 #46C7C9

square

#8A46C9 #C94846 #85C946 #46C7C9

split-complementary

#8A46C9 #C7C946 #46C948

monochromatic

#4C2273 #6B2FA2 #8A46C9 #A875D7 #C6A5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8A46C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8A46C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46C9

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46C9	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E69C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.196 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17eda',
    500: '#8a46c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46c9;
$custom-light: #b17eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.145,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54232,
    "c": 0.19637,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46C9

secondary

#B4D299

accent

#DE4A91

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46C9

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

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