#8A48BA#8A48BA

#8A48BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.177 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48BA
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 186)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.63, 48.38, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.63, 69.09, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1096 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.177 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6597, 13.5835, 47.9257)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48BA #78BA48

analogous

#5148BA #8A48BA #BA48B1

triadic

#8A48BA #BA8A48 #48BA8A

tetradic

#8A48BA #BA5148 #78BA48 #48B1BA

square

#8A48BA #BA5148 #78BA48 #48B1BA

split-complementary

#8A48BA #B1BA48 #48BA51

monochromatic

#492562 #69368F #8A48BA #A674CB #C3A1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8A48BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8A48BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48BA

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48BA	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1364BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3668B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.177 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ecf',
    500: '#8a48ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48ba;
$custom-light: #b07ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53484,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48BA

secondary

#ABC896

accent

#D5538A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48BA

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

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