#8A46E8#8A46E8

#8A46E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.230 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A46E8
RGB	rgb(138, 70, 232)
HSL	hsl(265, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 60.41, -71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 93.37, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1069 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.23 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2331, 15.6093, 77.9064)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A46E8 #A4E846

analogous

#4653E8 #8A46E8 #DB46E8

triadic

#8A46E8 #E88A46 #46E88A

tetradic

#8A46E8 #E84653 #A4E846 #46E8DB

square

#8A46E8 #E84653 #A4E846 #46E8DB

split-complementary

#8A46E8 #E8DB46 #53E846

monochromatic

#4F14A0 #691BD6 #8A46E8 #AC7CEF #CFB3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#8A46E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8A46E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A46E8

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A46E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A46E8	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a46e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 70, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.230 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ff0',
    500: '#8a46e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a46e8;
$custom-light: #b37ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a46e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.185,
    "s": 77.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56522,
    "c": 0.22981,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A46E8

secondary

#CAE5A5

accent

#F433A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A46E8

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

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