#8A48B1#8A48B1

#8A48B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.167 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48B1
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 177)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 59.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.08, 46.32, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.08, 64.52, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.1096 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.167 311)
XYZ	xyz(20.7329, 13.2128, 43.0446)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48B1 #6FB148

analogous

#5648B1 #8A48B1 #B148A4

triadic

#8A48B1 #B18A48 #48B18A

tetradic

#8A48B1 #B15648 #6FB148 #48A4B1

square

#8A48B1 #B15648 #6FB148 #48A4B1

split-complementary

#8A48B1 #A4B148 #48B156

monochromatic

#46255A #683685 #8A48B1 #A671C5 #C19CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8A48B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8A48B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48B1

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48B1	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2363B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E67AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.167 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ec9',
    500: '#8a48b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48b1;
$custom-light: #af7ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52909,
    "c": 0.1672,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.13212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48B1

secondary

#A4C391

accent

#D25684

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48B1

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

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