#8A48C9#8A48C9

#8A48C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.194 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48C9
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 51.91, -56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 76.72, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1089 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.194 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3388, 14.2551, 56.7690)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48C9 #87C948

analogous

#4948C9 #8A48C9 #C948C7

triadic

#8A48C9 #C98A48 #48C98A

tetradic

#8A48C9 #C94948 #87C948 #48C7C9

square

#8A48C9 #C94948 #87C948 #48C7C9

split-complementary

#8A48C9 #C7C948 #48C949

monochromatic

#4C2274 #6B30A4 #8A48C9 #A877D7 #C6A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8A48C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8A48C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48C9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48C9	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2269C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.194 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fda',
    500: '#8a48c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48c9;
$custom-light: #b17fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54493,
    "c": 0.19368,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48C9

secondary

#B6D29B

accent

#DE4A92

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48C9

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

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