#8A47AE#8A47AE

#8A47AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.165 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47AE
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 174)
HSL	hsl(279, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 59.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 46.16, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 63.59, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.1109 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.165 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3731, 12.9662, 41.4657)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47AE #6BAE47

analogous

#5647AE #8A47AE #AE479E

triadic

#8A47AE #AE8A47 #47AE8A

tetradic

#8A47AE #AE5647 #6BAE47 #479EAE

square

#8A47AE #AE5647 #6BAE47 #479EAE

split-complementary

#8A47AE #9EAE47 #47AE56

monochromatic

#452457 #683583 #8A47AE #A66EC4 #C19AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8A47AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A47AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47AE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47AE	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2561B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4066AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.165 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ec7',
    500: '#8a47ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47ae;
$custom-light: #af7ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.029,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52582,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47AE

secondary

#A1C28F

accent

#D25681

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →