#8A47C4#8A47C4

#8A47C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.190 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47C4
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 196)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 63.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 51.22, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 74.74, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1104 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.19 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6961, 13.8954, 53.7003)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47C4 #81C447

analogous

#4C47C4 #8A47C4 #C447BF

triadic

#8A47C4 #C48A47 #47C48A

tetradic

#8A47C4 #C44C47 #81C447 #47BFC4

square

#8A47C4 #C44C47 #81C447 #47BFC4

split-complementary

#8A47C4 #BFC447 #47C44C

monochromatic

#4B236D #6B329C #8A47C4 #A775D3 #C5A4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8A47C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8A47C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47C4

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47C4	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2968C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.190 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed7',
    500: '#8a47c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47c4;
$custom-light: #b07ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.16,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54017,
    "c": 0.18956,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47C4

secondary

#B1CF98

accent

#DB4D8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47C4

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

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