#8A48B3#8A48B3

#8A48B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.169 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48B3
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 179)
HSL	hsl(277, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 59.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 46.77, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 65.54, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1096 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.169 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9337, 13.2931, 44.1021)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48B3 #71B348

analogous

#5548B3 #8A48B3 #B348A7

triadic

#8A48B3 #B38A48 #48B38A

tetradic

#8A48B3 #B35548 #71B348 #48A7B3

square

#8A48B3 #B35548 #71B348 #48A7B3

split-complementary

#8A48B3 #A7B348 #48B355

monochromatic

#47255C #683687 #8A48B3 #A672C6 #C29ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8A48B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8A48B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48B3

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48B3	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2063B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D67B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.169 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7eca',
    500: '#8a48b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48b3;
$custom-light: #af7eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.009,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53035,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48B3

secondary

#A6C492

accent

#D25585

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48B3

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

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