#8A48D7#8A48D7

#8A48D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.209 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48D7
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 215)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 66.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 55.29, -62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 83.81, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1075 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.209 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0614, 14.9441, 65.8410)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48D7 #95D748

analogous

#484ED7 #8A48D7 #D248D7

triadic

#8A48D7 #D78A48 #48D78A

tetradic

#8A48D7 #D7484E #95D748 #48D7D2

square

#8A48D7 #D7484E #95D748 #48D7D2

split-complementary

#8A48D7 #D7D248 #4ED748

monochromatic

#4E1E87 #6B29B9 #8A48D7 #AA7AE2 #CAACED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8A48D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A48D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48D7

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48D7	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.209 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe4',
    500: '#8a48d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48d7;
$custom-light: #b27fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55489,
    "c": 0.20904,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48D7

secondary

#C0DBA0

accent

#E7419A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48D7

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

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