#8A48BD#8A48BD

#8A48BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.180 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48BD
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 189)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 61.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 49.08, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 70.62, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1095 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.18 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9820, 13.7124, 49.6230)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48BD #7BBD48

analogous

#4F48BD #8A48BD #BD48B5

triadic

#8A48BD #BD8A48 #48BD8A

tetradic

#8A48BD #BD4F48 #7BBD48 #48B5BD

square

#8A48BD #BD4F48 #7BBD48 #48B5BD

split-complementary

#8A48BD #B5BD48 #48BD4F

monochromatic

#492566 #6A3593 #8A48BD #A775CD #C4A2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A48BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A48BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48BD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48BD	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0965C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3368BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.180 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd1',
    500: '#8a48bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48bd;
$custom-light: #b07fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53681,
    "c": 0.18043,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48BD

secondary

#ADCA97

accent

#D7518B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48BD

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

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