#8A48B6#8A48B6

#8A48B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.173 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48B6
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 182)
HSL	hsl(276, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 60.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 47.46, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 67.06, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1096 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.173 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2404, 13.4158, 45.7175)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48B6 #74B648

analogous

#5348B6 #8A48B6 #B648AB

triadic

#8A48B6 #B68A48 #48B68A

tetradic

#8A48B6 #B65348 #74B648 #48ABB6

square

#8A48B6 #B65348 #74B648 #48ABB6

split-complementary

#8A48B6 #ABB648 #48B653

monochromatic

#47255E #69378A #8A48B6 #A673C8 #C29FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8A48B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A48B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48B6

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48B6	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B64B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A67B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.173 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ecc',
    500: '#8a48b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48b6;
$custom-light: #af7ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53226,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48B6

secondary

#A8C694

accent

#D35587

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48B6

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

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