#8A48BF#8A48BF

#8A48BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.183 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48BF
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 191)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 49.54, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 71.64, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1094 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.183 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2006, 13.7998, 50.7742)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48BF #7DBF48

analogous

#4F48BF #8A48BF #BF48B9

triadic

#8A48BF #BF8A48 #48BF8A

tetradic

#8A48BF #BF4F48 #7DBF48 #48B9BF

square

#8A48BF #BF4F48 #7DBF48 #48B9BF

split-complementary

#8A48BF #B9BF48 #48BF4F

monochromatic

#4A2468 #6A3496 #8A48BF #A775CF #C4A3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8A48BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8A48BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48BF

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48BF	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0166C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3168BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.183 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd3',
    500: '#8a48bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48bf;
$custom-light: #b07fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.277,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53813,
    "c": 0.18265,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48BF

secondary

#AFCC97

accent

#D8508C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48BF

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

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