#8A48C1#8A48C1

#8A48C1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.185 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48C1
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 193)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 50.01, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 72.65, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1093 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.185 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4222, 13.8885, 51.9413)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48C1 #7FC148

analogous

#4D48C1 #8A48C1 #C148BC

triadic

#8A48C1 #C18A48 #48C18A

tetradic

#8A48C1 #C14D48 #7FC148 #48BCC1

square

#8A48C1 #C14D48 #7FC148 #48BCC1

split-complementary

#8A48C1 #BCC148 #48C14D

monochromatic

#4B246B #6A3498 #8A48C1 #A776D0 #C4A3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8A48C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8A48C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48C1

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48C1	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E69BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.185 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd4',
    500: '#8a48c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48c1;
$custom-light: #b07fd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53947,
    "c": 0.18485,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48C1

secondary

#B0CD98

accent

#D94F8E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48C1

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

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