#8A48C8#8A48C8

#8A48C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.193 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48C8
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 51.67, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 76.21, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1089 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.193 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2216, 14.2082, 56.1515)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48C8 #86C848

analogous

#4A48C8 #8A48C8 #C848C6

triadic

#8A48C8 #C88A48 #48C88A

tetradic

#8A48C8 #C84A48 #86C848 #48C6C8

square

#8A48C8 #C84A48 #86C848 #48C6C8

split-complementary

#8A48C8 #C6C848 #48C84A

monochromatic

#4C2373 #6B31A2 #8A48C8 #A877D6 #C6A6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8A48C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A48C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48C8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48C8	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2469C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.193 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd9',
    500: '#8a48c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48c8;
$custom-light: #b07fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.938,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54424,
    "c": 0.19257,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48C8

secondary

#B5D19A

accent

#DD4B92

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48C8

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

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