#8A48BE#8A48BE

#8A48BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.182 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48BE
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 190)
HSL	hsl(274, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 62.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 49.31, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 71.13, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1095 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.182 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0909, 13.7560, 50.1966)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48BE #7CBE48

analogous

#4F48BE #8A48BE #BE48B7

triadic

#8A48BE #BE8A48 #48BE8A

tetradic

#8A48BE #BE4F48 #7CBE48 #48B7BE

square

#8A48BE #BE4F48 #7CBE48 #48B7BE

split-complementary

#8A48BE #B7BE48 #48BE4F

monochromatic

#4A2567 #6A3594 #8A48BE #A775CE #C4A2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A48BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A48BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48BE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48BE	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0565C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3268BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.182 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd2',
    500: '#8a48be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48be;
$custom-light: #b07fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.559,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53747,
    "c": 0.18155,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48BE

secondary

#AECB97

accent

#D7518C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48BE

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

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