#8A47B7#8A47B7

#8A47B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.175 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B7
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 183)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 48.20, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 68.14, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1109 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.175 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2800, 13.3290, 46.2423)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B7 #74B747

analogous

#5247B7 #8A47B7 #B747AC

triadic

#8A47B7 #B78A47 #47B78A

tetradic

#8A47B7 #B75247 #74B747 #47ACB7

square

#8A47B7 #B75247 #74B747 #47ACB7

split-complementary

#8A47B7 #ACB747 #47B752

monochromatic

#47255F #69368B #8A47B7 #A673C9 #C29FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8A47B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A47B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B7

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B7	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1663BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3867B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.175 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ecd',
    500: '#8a47b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b7;
$custom-light: #af7ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.893,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53152,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B7

secondary

#A8C694

accent

#D45487

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B7

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

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