#8A47C2#8A47C2

#8A47C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.187 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47C2
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 194)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 50.75, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 73.72, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1105 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.187 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4700, 13.8050, 52.5094)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47C2 #7FC247

analogous

#4D47C2 #8A47C2 #C247BD

triadic

#8A47C2 #C28A47 #47C28A

tetradic

#8A47C2 #C24D47 #7FC247 #47BDC2

square

#8A47C2 #C24D47 #7FC247 #47BDC2

split-complementary

#8A47C2 #BDC247 #47C24D

monochromatic

#4B246B #6A3399 #8A47C2 #A775D1 #C4A3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8A47C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8A47C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47C2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47C2	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B68BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.187 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed5',
    500: '#8a47c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47c2;
$custom-light: #b07ed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.683,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5388,
    "c": 0.18736,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47C2

secondary

#B0CD97

accent

#DA4E8E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47C2

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

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