#8A47D6#8A47D6

#8A47D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.209 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47D6
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 66.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.31, 55.53, -62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.31, 83.85, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% 0.1087 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.209 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8691, 14.7647, 65.1450)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47D6 #93D647

analogous

#474BD6 #8A47D6 #D247D6

triadic

#8A47D6 #D68A47 #47D68A

tetradic

#8A47D6 #D6474B #93D647 #47D6D2

square

#8A47D6 #D6474B #93D647 #47D6D2

split-complementary

#8A47D6 #D6D247 #4BD647

monochromatic

#4E1E85 #6B29B7 #8A47D6 #AA79E1 #CAABEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A47D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8A47D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47D6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47D6	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.209 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe3',
    500: '#8a47d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47d6;
$custom-light: #b27fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.112,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55289,
    "c": 0.20921,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47D6

secondary

#BEDA9F

accent

#E74199

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47D6

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

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