#8A47C5#8A47C5

#8A47C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.191 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47C5
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 197)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 64%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 51.46, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 75.25, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1103 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.191 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8103, 13.9411, 54.3017)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47C5 #82C547

analogous

#4B47C5 #8A47C5 #C547C1

triadic

#8A47C5 #C58A47 #47C58A

tetradic

#8A47C5 #C54B47 #82C547 #47C1C5

square

#8A47C5 #C54B47 #82C547 #47C1C5

split-complementary

#8A47C5 #C1C547 #47C54B

monochromatic

#4B236F #6B329D #8A47C5 #A876D4 #C5A4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A47C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A47C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47C5

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47C5	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2769C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.191 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed7',
    500: '#8a47c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47c5;
$custom-light: #b07ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.905,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54085,
    "c": 0.19065,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47C5

secondary

#B2CF99

accent

#DC4C8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47C5

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

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