#8A48CA#8A48CA

#8A48CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.195 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48CA
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 202)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 52.15, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 77.23, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1088 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.195 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4569, 14.3023, 57.3905)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48CA #88CA48

analogous

#4948CA #8A48CA #CA48C9

triadic

#8A48CA #CA8A48 #48CA8A

tetradic

#8A48CA #CA4948 #88CA48 #48C9CA

square

#8A48CA #CA4948 #88CA48 #48C9CA

split-complementary

#8A48CA #C9CA48 #48CA49

monochromatic

#4C2276 #6B30A5 #8A48CA #A877D8 #C7A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8A48CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8A48CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48CA

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48CA	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.195 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fdb',
    500: '#8a48ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48ca;
$custom-light: #b17fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54562,
    "c": 0.19478,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48CA

secondary

#B6D39B

accent

#DE4993

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48CA

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

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