#8A46D4#8A46D4

#8A46D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.208 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46D4
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 67%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 55.53, -62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 83.37, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.11 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.208 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5522, 14.5370, 63.7870)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46D4 #90D446

analogous

#4649D4 #8A46D4 #D146D4

triadic

#8A46D4 #D48A46 #46D48A

tetradic

#8A46D4 #D44649 #90D446 #46D4D1

square

#8A46D4 #D44649 #90D446 #46D4D1

split-complementary

#8A46D4 #D4D146 #49D446

monochromatic

#4E1E81 #6B2AB3 #8A46D4 #A978E0 #C9A9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8A46D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8A46D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46D4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46D4	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.208 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ee2',
    500: '#8a46d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46d4;
$custom-light: #b17ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55018,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46D4

secondary

#BCD99D

accent

#E54297

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46D4

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

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