#8A47C6#8A47C6

#8A47C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.192 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47C6
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 198)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 51.70, -55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 75.75, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1102 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.192 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9253, 13.9871, 54.9072)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47C6 #83C647

analogous

#4B47C6 #8A47C6 #C647C2

triadic

#8A47C6 #C68A47 #47C68A

tetradic

#8A47C6 #C64B47 #83C647 #47C2C6

square

#8A47C6 #C64B47 #83C647 #47C2C6

split-complementary

#8A47C6 #C2C647 #47C64B

monochromatic

#4B2370 #6B319F #8A47C6 #A876D4 #C5A4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8A47C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8A47C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47C6

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47C6	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2569C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.192 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed8',
    500: '#8a47c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47c6;
$custom-light: #b07ed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.654,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54154,
    "c": 0.19174,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47C6

secondary

#B3D099

accent

#DC4C90

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47C6

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

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