#8A48AD#8A48AD

#8A48AD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.163 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48AD
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 173)
HSL	hsl(279, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 58.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 45.42, -42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 62.50, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1095 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.163 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3401, 13.0556, 40.9756)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48AD #6BAD48

analogous

#5848AD #8A48AD #AD489D

triadic

#8A48AD #AD8A48 #48AD8A

tetradic

#8A48AD #AD5848 #6BAD48 #489DAD

square

#8A48AD #AD5848 #6BAD48 #489DAD

split-complementary

#8A48AD #9DAD48 #48AD58

monochromatic

#452457 #683682 #8A48AD #A66FC3 #C19AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8A48AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A48AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48AD

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48AD	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2862B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4267AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.163 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ec6',
    500: '#8a48ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48ad;
$custom-light: #af7ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.208,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52662,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48AD

secondary

#A1C18F

accent

#D15781

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48AD

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

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