#8A46D6#8A46D6

#8A46D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.210 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46D6
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 56.02, -63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 84.38, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.1097 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.21 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8061, 14.6385, 65.1239)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46D6 #92D646

analogous

#464AD6 #8A46D6 #D246D6

triadic

#8A46D6 #D68A46 #46D68A

tetradic

#8A46D6 #D6464A #92D646 #46D6D2

square

#8A46D6 #D6464A #92D646 #46D6D2

split-complementary

#8A46D6 #D6D246 #4AD646

monochromatic

#4E1D84 #6B28B6 #8A46D6 #AA78E1 #C9AAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8A46D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8A46D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46D6

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46D6	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.210 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee3',
    500: '#8a46d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46d6;
$custom-light: #b27ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 63.717,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55164,
    "c": 0.21047,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46D6

secondary

#BEDA9E

accent

#E74199

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46D6

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

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