#8A47D8#8A47D8

#8A47D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.211 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47D8
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 56.02, -63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 84.85, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.1084 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.211 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1261, 14.8675, 66.4984)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47D8 #95D847

analogous

#474DD8 #8A47D8 #D247D8

triadic

#8A47D8 #D88A47 #47D88A

tetradic

#8A47D8 #D8474D #95D847 #47D8D2

square

#8A47D8 #D8474D #95D847 #47D8D2

split-complementary

#8A47D8 #D8D247 #4DD847

monochromatic

#4E1D88 #6B27BA #8A47D8 #AA79E3 #CAACED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8A47D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8A47D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47D8

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47D8	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.211 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe5',
    500: '#8a47d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47d8;
$custom-light: #b27fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.724,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55436,
    "c": 0.21139,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47D8

secondary

#C0DBA0

accent

#E8409A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47D8

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

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