#8A47BC#8A47BC

#8A47BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.181 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47BC
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 49.35, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 70.68, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1108 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.181 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8097, 13.5409, 49.0319)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47BC #79BC47

analogous

#4F47BC #8A47BC #BC47B3

triadic

#8A47BC #BC8A47 #47BC8A

tetradic

#8A47BC #BC4F47 #79BC47 #47B3BC

square

#8A47BC #BC4F47 #79BC47 #47B3BC

split-complementary

#8A47BC #B3BC47 #47BC4F

monochromatic

#492464 #6A3591 #8A47BC #A774CC #C3A1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A47BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A47BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47BC

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47BC	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0764C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3368B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.181 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed1',
    500: '#8a47bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47bc;
$custom-light: #b07ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.359,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53479,
    "c": 0.18078,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47BC

secondary

#ACC995

accent

#D6528A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47BC

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

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