#8A48D1#8A48D1

#8A48D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.202 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48D1
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 209)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 65.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 53.83, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 80.78, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1081 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.202 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3045, 14.6414, 61.8549)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48D1 #8FD148

analogous

#484BD1 #8A48D1 #CE48D1

triadic

#8A48D1 #D18A48 #48D18A

tetradic

#8A48D1 #D1484B #8FD148 #48D1CE

square

#8A48D1 #D1484B #8FD148 #48D1CE

split-complementary

#8A48D1 #D1CE48 #4BD148

monochromatic

#4E207F #6C2CB0 #8A48D1 #A979DD #C9AAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8A48D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8A48D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48D1

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48D1	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.202 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fe0',
    500: '#8a48d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48d1;
$custom-light: #b17fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.905,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55056,
    "c": 0.20248,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48D1

secondary

#BBD79E

accent

#E34597

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48D1

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

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