#8A47B5#8A47B5

#8A47B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.173 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B5
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 181)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 47.74, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 67.13, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1109 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.173 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0734, 13.2463, 45.1538)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B5 #72B547

analogous

#5347B5 #8A47B5 #B547A9

triadic

#8A47B5 #B58A47 #47B58A

tetradic

#8A47B5 #B55347 #72B547 #47A9B5

square

#8A47B5 #B55347 #72B547 #47A9B5

split-complementary

#8A47B5 #A9B547 #47B553

monochromatic

#47255D #683689 #8A47B5 #A672C8 #C29ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#8A47B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A47B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B5	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A63B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A67B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.173 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ecc',
    500: '#8a47b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b5;
$custom-light: #af7ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.545,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53023,
    "c": 0.1731,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B5

secondary

#A6C593

accent

#D35486

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B5

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

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