#8A47E0#8A47E0

#8A47E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.220 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47E0
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 224)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 57.97, -67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 88.87, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1073 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.22 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1856, 15.2913, 72.0785)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47E0 #9DE047

analogous

#4750E0 #8A47E0 #D747E0

triadic

#8A47E0 #E08A47 #47E08A

tetradic

#8A47E0 #E04750 #9DE047 #47E0D7

square

#8A47E0 #E04750 #9DE047 #47E0D7

split-complementary

#8A47E0 #E0D747 #50E047

monochromatic

#4F1994 #6B22C8 #8A47E0 #AB7BE9 #CDB0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8A47E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A47E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47E0

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47E0	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.220 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27feb',
    500: '#8a47e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47e0;
$custom-light: #b27feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.275,
    "s": 71.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56031,
    "c": 0.22005,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47E0

secondary

#C5E0A3

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47E0

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

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