#8A47B2#8A47B2

#8A47B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.170 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B2
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 178)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 60.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 47.06, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 65.61, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1109 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.17 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7689, 13.1245, 43.5501)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B2 #6FB247

analogous

#5547B2 #8A47B2 #B247A5

triadic

#8A47B2 #B28A47 #47B28A

tetradic

#8A47B2 #B25547 #6FB247 #47A5B2

square

#8A47B2 #B25547 #6FB247 #47A5B2

split-complementary

#8A47B2 #A5B247 #47B255

monochromatic

#46245B #683686 #8A47B2 #A670C6 #C19CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8A47B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8A47B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B2

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B2	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F62B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D67AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.170 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ec9',
    500: '#8a47b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b2;
$custom-light: #af7ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.57,
    "s": 42.972,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52832,
    "c": 0.16981,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B2

secondary

#A4C491

accent

#D35584

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B2

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

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