#8A47D3#8A47D3

#8A47D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.206 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47D3
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 211)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 54.81, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 82.33, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.109 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.206 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.4896, 14.6128, 63.1457)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47D3 #90D347

analogous

#474AD3 #8A47D3 #D047D3

triadic

#8A47D3 #D38A47 #47D38A

tetradic

#8A47D3 #D3474A #90D347 #47D3D0

square

#8A47D3 #D3474A #90D347 #47D3D0

split-complementary

#8A47D3 #D3D047 #4AD347

monochromatic

#4E1F81 #6B2BB2 #8A47D3 #A978DF #C9AAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8A47D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8A47D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47D3

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47D3	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.206 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fe1',
    500: '#8a47d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47d3;
$custom-light: #b17fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55071,
    "c": 0.20595,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.14613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47D3

secondary

#BCD89E

accent

#E54397

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47D3

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

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