#8A47C8#8A47C8

#8A47C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.194 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47C8
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 52.17, -56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 76.77, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1101 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.194 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1575, 14.0800, 56.1301)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47C8 #85C847

analogous

#4947C8 #8A47C8 #C847C5

triadic

#8A47C8 #C88A47 #47C88A

tetradic

#8A47C8 #C84947 #85C847 #47C5C8

square

#8A47C8 #C84947 #85C847 #47C5C8

split-complementary

#8A47C8 #C5C847 #47C849

monochromatic

#4C2272 #6B30A2 #8A47C8 #A876D6 #C6A5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8A47C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8A47C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47C8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47C8	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2269C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.194 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed9',
    500: '#8a47c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47c8;
$custom-light: #b07ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.163,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54292,
    "c": 0.19394,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47C8

secondary

#B4D19A

accent

#DD4A91

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47C8

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

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