#8A47A5#8A47A5

#8A47A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.156 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47A5
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 165)
HSL	hsl(283, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(283, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 57%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 44.18, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 59.08, 318.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1105 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.156 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5249, 12.6270, 36.9987)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47A5 #62A547

analogous

#5B47A5 #8A47A5 #A54791

triadic

#8A47A5 #A58A47 #47A58A

tetradic

#8A47A5 #A55B47 #62A547 #4791A5

square

#8A47A5 #A55B47 #62A547 #4791A5

split-complementary

#8A47A5 #91A547 #47A55B

monochromatic

#42224F #66357A #8A47A5 #A76ABF #C095D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#8A47A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A47A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47A5

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47A5	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F60A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4665A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.156 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7dc0',
    500: '#8a47a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47a5;
$custom-light: #af7dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.766,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52038,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47A5

secondary

#99BD8B

accent

#D0587A

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47A5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →