#8A48C6#8A48C6

#8A48C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.190 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48C6
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 198)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 51.19, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 75.20, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1091 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.19 305)
XYZ	xyz(22.9894, 14.1154, 54.9285)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48C6 #84C648

analogous

#4B48C6 #8A48C6 #C648C3

triadic

#8A48C6 #C68A48 #48C68A

tetradic

#8A48C6 #C64B48 #84C648 #48C3C6

square

#8A48C6 #C64B48 #84C648 #48C3C6

split-complementary

#8A48C6 #C3C648 #48C64B

monochromatic

#4C2371 #6B329F #8A48C6 #A877D5 #C6A5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8A48C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8A48C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48C6

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48C6	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2769C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.190 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd8',
    500: '#8a48c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48c6;
$custom-light: #b07fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54286,
    "c": 0.19037,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.14115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48C6

secondary

#B4D09A

accent

#DC4C90

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48C6

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

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