#8A47D5#8A47D5

#8A47D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.208 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47D5
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 55.29, -62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 83.34, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1088 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.208 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7418, 14.7137, 64.4744)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47D5 #92D547

analogous

#474BD5 #8A47D5 #D147D5

triadic

#8A47D5 #D58A47 #47D58A

tetradic

#8A47D5 #D5474B #92D547 #47D5D1

square

#8A47D5 #D5474B #92D547 #47D5D1

split-complementary

#8A47D5 #D5D147 #4BD547

monochromatic

#4E1E84 #6B29B5 #8A47D5 #AA79E0 #C9ABEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8A47D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8A47D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47D5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47D5	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.208 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fe3',
    500: '#8a47d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47d5;
$custom-light: #b17fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.31,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55216,
    "c": 0.20813,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47D5

secondary

#BED99E

accent

#E64299

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47D5

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

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