#8A48BC#8A48BC

#8A48BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.179 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48BC
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 61.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 48.84, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 70.11, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1095 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.179 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8738, 13.6691, 49.0533)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48BC #7ABC48

analogous

#5048BC #8A48BC #BC48B4

triadic

#8A48BC #BC8A48 #48BC8A

tetradic

#8A48BC #BC5048 #7ABC48 #48B4BC

square

#8A48BC #BC5048 #7ABC48 #48B4BC

split-complementary

#8A48BC #B4BC48 #48BC50

monochromatic

#492565 #6A3592 #8A48BC #A775CC #C3A2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8A48BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A48BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48BC

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48BC	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D65C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3468B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.179 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ed1',
    500: '#8a48bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48bc;
$custom-light: #b07ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53615,
    "c": 0.17934,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48BC

secondary

#ACCA96

accent

#D6528B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48BC

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

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