#8A47D4#8A47D4

#8A47D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.207 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47D4
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 55.05, -61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 82.84, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1089 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.207 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6153, 14.6631, 63.8080)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47D4 #91D447

analogous

#474AD4 #8A47D4 #D147D4

triadic

#8A47D4 #D48A47 #47D48A

tetradic

#8A47D4 #D4474A #91D447 #47D4D1

square

#8A47D4 #D4474A #91D447 #47D4D1

split-complementary

#8A47D4 #D4D147 #4AD447

monochromatic

#4E1E82 #6B2AB4 #8A47D4 #AA79E0 #C9AAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8A47D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8A47D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47D4

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47D4	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.207 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fe2',
    500: '#8a47d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47d4;
$custom-light: #b17fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.511,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55144,
    "c": 0.20704,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47D4

secondary

#BDD99E

accent

#E54398

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47D4

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

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