#8A47B4#8A47B4

#8A47B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.172 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B4
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 180)
HSL	hsl(277, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 47.52, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 66.63, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1109 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.172 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9711, 13.2054, 44.6153)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B4 #71B447

analogous

#5447B4 #8A47B4 #B447A8

triadic

#8A47B4 #B48A47 #47B48A

tetradic

#8A47B4 #B45447 #71B447 #47A8B4

square

#8A47B4 #B45447 #71B447 #47A8B4

split-complementary

#8A47B4 #A8B447 #47B454

monochromatic

#47245C #683688 #8A47B4 #A671C7 #C29DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8A47B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8A47B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B4

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B4	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C63B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B67B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.172 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ecb',
    500: '#8a47b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b4;
$custom-light: #af7ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.881,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52959,
    "c": 0.172,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B4

secondary

#A6C592

accent

#D35585

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B4

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

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