#8A47D9#8A47D9

#8A47D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.212 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47D9
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 56.26, -64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 85.36, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1083 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.212 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2558, 14.9193, 67.1813)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47D9 #96D947

analogous

#474DD9 #8A47D9 #D347D9

triadic

#8A47D9 #D98A47 #47D98A

tetradic

#8A47D9 #D9474D #96D947 #47D9D3

square

#8A47D9 #D9474D #96D947 #47D9D3

split-complementary

#8A47D9 #D9D347 #4DD947

monochromatic

#4E1C89 #6B27BC #8A47D9 #AA7AE3 #CBACEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A47D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A47D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47D9

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47D9	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.212 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe6',
    500: '#8a47d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47d9;
$custom-light: #b27fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.534,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55509,
    "c": 0.21247,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47D9

secondary

#C0DCA0

accent

#E93F9B

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47D9

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

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