#8A48D4#8A48D4

#8A48D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.206 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48D4
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 66%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 54.56, -61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 82.30, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.1078 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.206 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6794, 14.7914, 63.8294)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48D4 #92D448

analogous

#484CD4 #8A48D4 #D048D4

triadic

#8A48D4 #D48A48 #48D48A

tetradic

#8A48D4 #D4484C #92D448 #48D4D0

square

#8A48D4 #D4484C #92D448 #48D4D0

split-complementary

#8A48D4 #D4D048 #4CD448

monochromatic

#4E1F83 #6B2AB4 #8A48D4 #AA7AE0 #C9ABEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A48D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A48D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48D4

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48D4	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.206 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fe2',
    500: '#8a48d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48d4;
$custom-light: #b17fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55271,
    "c": 0.20576,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48D4

secondary

#BED99F

accent

#E54399

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48D4

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

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