#8A47B3#8A47B3

#8A47B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.171 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B3
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 179)
HSL	hsl(277, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 60.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 47.29, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 66.12, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1109 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.171 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8696, 13.1648, 44.0808)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B3 #70B347

analogous

#5447B3 #8A47B3 #B347A6

triadic

#8A47B3 #B38A47 #47B38A

tetradic

#8A47B3 #B35447 #70B347 #47A6B3

square

#8A47B3 #B35447 #70B347 #47A6B3

split-complementary

#8A47B3 #A6B347 #47B354

monochromatic

#46245B #683687 #8A47B3 #A671C7 #C19CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8A47B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A47B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B3

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B3	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E62B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C67B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.171 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7eca',
    500: '#8a47b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b3;
$custom-light: #af7eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.222,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52896,
    "c": 0.1709,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B3

secondary

#A5C491

accent

#D35585

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B3

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

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