#8A47B8#8A47B8

#8A47B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.176 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B8
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 184)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 61.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, 48.43, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 68.65, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1109 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.176 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3845, 13.3708, 46.7924)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B8 #75B847

analogous

#5147B8 #8A47B8 #B847AE

triadic

#8A47B8 #B88A47 #47B88A

tetradic

#8A47B8 #B85147 #75B847 #47AEB8

square

#8A47B8 #B85147 #75B847 #47AEB8

split-complementary

#8A47B8 #AEB847 #47B851

monochromatic

#482560 #69368C #8A47B8 #A673C9 #C29FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#8A47B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A47B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B8	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1464BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3767B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.176 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ece',
    500: '#8a47b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b8;
$custom-light: #af7ece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.575,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53217,
    "c": 0.17639,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B8

secondary

#A9C794

accent

#D45488

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B8

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

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