#8A47D2#8A47D2

#8A47D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.205 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47D2
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 210)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 54.56, -60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 81.83, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.1091 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.205 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3646, 14.5628, 62.4876)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47D2 #8FD247

analogous

#4749D2 #8A47D2 #D047D2

triadic

#8A47D2 #D28A47 #47D28A

tetradic

#8A47D2 #D24749 #8FD247 #47D2D0

square

#8A47D2 #D24749 #8FD247 #47D2D0

split-complementary

#8A47D2 #D2D047 #49D247

monochromatic

#4E1F7F #6C2BB1 #8A47D2 #A978DE #C9A9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8A47D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8A47D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47D2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47D2	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.205 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fe1',
    500: '#8a47d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47d2;
$custom-light: #b17fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.921,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54999,
    "c": 0.20486,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47D2

secondary

#BBD89D

accent

#E44497

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47D2

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

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