#8A47E1#8A47E1

#8A47E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.221 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A47E1
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 68.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 58.22, -67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 89.37, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1071 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.221 299)
XYZ	xyz(26.3217, 15.3457, 72.7948)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A47E1 #9EE147

analogous

#4751E1 #8A47E1 #D747E1

triadic

#8A47E1 #E18A47 #47E18A

tetradic

#8A47E1 #E14751 #9EE147 #47E1D7

square

#8A47E1 #E14751 #9EE147 #47E1D7

split-complementary

#8A47E1 #E1D747 #51E147

monochromatic

#4F1895 #6A21CA #8A47E1 #AB7CEA #CDB0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8A47E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8A47E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A47E1

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A47E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A47E1	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a47e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.221 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37feb',
    500: '#8a47e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a47e1;
$custom-light: #b37feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a47e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.104,
    "s": 71.963,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56107,
    "c": 0.22113,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.15346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A47E1

secondary

#C6E1A3

accent

#EF39A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A47E1

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

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