#8A48BB#8A48BB

#8A48BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.178 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48BB
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 187)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.69, 48.61, -49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.69, 69.60, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1096 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.178 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7664, 13.6262, 48.4875)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48BB #79BB48

analogous

#5048BB #8A48BB #BB48B2

triadic

#8A48BB #BB8A48 #48BB8A

tetradic

#8A48BB #BB5048 #79BB48 #48B2BB

square

#8A48BB #BB5048 #79BB48 #48B2BB

split-complementary

#8A48BB #B2BB48 #48BB50

monochromatic

#492564 #6A3690 #8A48BB #A775CC #C3A1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8A48BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A48BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48BB

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48BB	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1065BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3568B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.178 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed0',
    500: '#8a48bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48bb;
$custom-light: #b07ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.435,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53549,
    "c": 0.17823,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48BB

secondary

#ACC996

accent

#D5528A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48BB

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

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