#8A46D9#8A46D9

#8A46D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.214 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46D9
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 56.74, -64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 85.89, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1093 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.214 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1927, 14.7932, 67.1603)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46D9 #95D946

analogous

#464CD9 #8A46D9 #D346D9

triadic

#8A46D9 #D98A46 #46D98A

tetradic

#8A46D9 #D9464C #95D946 #46D9D3

square

#8A46D9 #D9464C #95D946 #46D9D3

split-complementary

#8A46D9 #D9D346 #4CD946

monochromatic

#4E1C89 #6B26BB #8A46D9 #AA79E3 #CAACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8A46D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A46D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46D9

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46D9	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79688A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.214 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ee6',
    500: '#8a46d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46d9;
$custom-light: #b27ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.755,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55385,
    "c": 0.21371,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46D9

secondary

#C0DC9F

accent

#E93F9A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46D9

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

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