#8A48C0#8A48C0

#8A48C0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.184 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48C0
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 192)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 62.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 49.78, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 72.14, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1094 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.184 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3110, 13.8440, 51.3557)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48C0 #7EC048

analogous

#4E48C0 #8A48C0 #C048BA

triadic

#8A48C0 #C08A48 #48C08A

tetradic

#8A48C0 #C04E48 #7EC048 #48BAC0

square

#8A48C0 #C04E48 #7EC048 #48BAC0

split-complementary

#8A48C0 #BAC048 #48C04E

monochromatic

#4A2469 #6A3497 #8A48C0 #A776D0 #C4A3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A48C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A48C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48C0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48C0	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F68BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.184 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd4',
    500: '#8a48c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48c0;
$custom-light: #b07fd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5388,
    "c": 0.18375,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48C0

secondary

#AFCC98

accent

#D84F8D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48C0

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

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