#8A48D5#8A48D5

#8A48D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.207 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48D5
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 54.80, -62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 82.80, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% 0.1077 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.207 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8060, 14.8420, 64.4958)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48D5 #93D548

analogous

#484CD5 #8A48D5 #D048D5

triadic

#8A48D5 #D58A48 #48D58A

tetradic

#8A48D5 #D5484C #93D548 #48D5D0

square

#8A48D5 #D5484C #93D548 #48D5D0

split-complementary

#8A48D5 #D5D048 #4CD548

monochromatic

#4E1E84 #6B2AB6 #8A48D5 #AA7AE0 #CAACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8A48D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8A48D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48D5

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48D5	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.207 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fe3',
    500: '#8a48d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48d5;
$custom-light: #b17fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55344,
    "c": 0.20686,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48D5

secondary

#BEDA9F

accent

#E64299

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48D5

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

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