#8A48CE#8A48CE

#8A48CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.199 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48CE
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 206)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 65%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, 53.11, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 79.26, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.1084 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.199 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.9366, 14.4942, 59.9172)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48CE #8CCE48

analogous

#4849CE #8A48CE #CD48CE

triadic

#8A48CE #CE8A48 #48CE8A

tetradic

#8A48CE #CE4849 #8CCE48 #48CECD

square

#8A48CE #CE4849 #8CCE48 #48CECD

split-complementary

#8A48CE #CECD48 #49CE48

monochromatic

#4D217B #6B2EAB #8A48CE #A978DB #C8A9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#8A48CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8A48CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48CE

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48CE	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.199 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fde',
    500: '#8a48ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48ce;
$custom-light: #b17fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.552,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54843,
    "c": 0.19918,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.14494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48CE

secondary

#B9D59D

accent

#E14795

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48CE

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

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