#8A48B7#8A48B7

#8A48B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.174 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48B7
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 183)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 47.69, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 67.57, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1096 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.174 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3442, 13.4573, 46.2637)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48B7 #75B748

analogous

#5348B7 #8A48B7 #B748AC

triadic

#8A48B7 #B78A48 #48B78A

tetradic

#8A48B7 #B75348 #75B748 #48ACB7

square

#8A48B7 #B75348 #75B748 #48ACB7

split-complementary

#8A48B7 #ACB748 #48B753

monochromatic

#48255F #69378B #8A48B7 #A674C8 #C2A0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A48B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A48B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48B7

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48B7	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1964BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3968B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.174 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ecd',
    500: '#8a48b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48b7;
$custom-light: #af7ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5329,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48B7

secondary

#A9C695

accent

#D35588

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48B7

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

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