#8A47B9#8A47B9

#8A47B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.177 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47B9
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 185)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 48.66, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 69.16, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1108 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.177 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4897, 13.4129, 47.3464)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47B9 #76B947

analogous

#5147B9 #8A47B9 #B947AF

triadic

#8A47B9 #B98A47 #47B98A

tetradic

#8A47B9 #B95147 #76B947 #47AFB9

square

#8A47B9 #B95147 #76B947 #47AFB9

split-complementary

#8A47B9 #AFB947 #47B951

monochromatic

#482561 #69368D #8A47B9 #A673CA #C2A0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8A47B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A47B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47B9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47B9	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1164BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3667B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.177 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ecf',
    500: '#8a47b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47b9;
$custom-light: #b07ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.263,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53282,
    "c": 0.17748,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47B9

secondary

#A9C794

accent

#D55389

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47B9

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

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