#8A47B1#8A47B1

#8A47B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.169 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B1
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 177)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 59.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, 46.84, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 65.11, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.1109 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.169 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6688, 13.0845, 43.0232)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B1 #6EB147

analogous

#5547B1 #8A47B1 #B147A3

triadic

#8A47B1 #B18A47 #47B18A

tetradic

#8A47B1 #B15547 #6EB147 #47A3B1

square

#8A47B1 #B15547 #6EB147 #47A3B1

split-complementary

#8A47B1 #A3B147 #47B155

monochromatic

#46245A #683585 #8A47B1 #A670C6 #C19BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8A47B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8A47B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B1

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B1	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2162B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D67AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.169 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ec9',
    500: '#8a47b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b1;
$custom-light: #af7ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.925,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52769,
    "c": 0.16872,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B1

secondary

#A3C390

accent

#D35583

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B1

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

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