#8A48B4#8A48B4

#8A48B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.171 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48B4
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 180)
HSL	hsl(277, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 60%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 47.00, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 66.04, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.1097 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.171 310)
XYZ	xyz(21.0352, 13.3337, 44.6367)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48B4 #72B448

analogous

#5448B4 #8A48B4 #B448A8

triadic

#8A48B4 #B48A48 #48B48A

tetradic

#8A48B4 #B45448 #72B448 #48A8B4

square

#8A48B4 #B45448 #72B448 #48A8B4

split-complementary

#8A48B4 #A8B448 #48B454

monochromatic

#47255D #683788 #8A48B4 #A672C7 #C29ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8A48B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A48B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48B4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48B4	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F63B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C67B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.171 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ecb',
    500: '#8a48b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48b4;
$custom-light: #af7ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53098,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.13333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48B4

secondary

#A6C593

accent

#D35586

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48B4

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

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