#8A47C9#8A47C9

#8A47C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.195 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47C9
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 64.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 52.41, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 77.27, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.11 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.195 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2747, 14.1269, 56.7476)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47C9 #86C947

analogous

#4947C9 #8A47C9 #C947C7

triadic

#8A47C9 #C98A47 #47C98A

tetradic

#8A47C9 #C94947 #86C947 #47C7C9

square

#8A47C9 #C94947 #86C947 #47C7C9

split-complementary

#8A47C9 #C7C947 #47C949

monochromatic

#4C2274 #6B30A3 #8A47C9 #A876D7 #C6A6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8A47C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8A47C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47C9

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47C9	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2069C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.195 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17eda',
    500: '#8a47c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47c9;
$custom-light: #b17eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54362,
    "c": 0.19503,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47C9

secondary

#B5D29A

accent

#DE4A92

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47C9

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

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