#8A47BB#8A47BB

#8A47BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.180 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47BB
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 62%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, 49.12, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 70.17, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1108 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.18 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7023, 13.4979, 48.4662)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47BB #78BB47

analogous

#5047BB #8A47BB #BB47B2

triadic

#8A47BB #BB8A47 #47BB8A

tetradic

#8A47BB #BB5047 #78BB47 #47B2BB

square

#8A47BB #BB5047 #78BB47 #47B2BB

split-complementary

#8A47BB #B2BB47 #47BB50

monochromatic

#492563 #693590 #8A47BB #A674CC #C3A0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A47BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A47BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47BB

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47BB	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B64BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3468B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.180 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed0',
    500: '#8a47bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47bb;
$custom-light: #b07ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.655,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53413,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47BB

secondary

#ABC995

accent

#D6528A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47BB

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

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