#8A48D8#8A48D8

#8A48D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.210 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48D8
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 55.53, -63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 84.32, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1074 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.21 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1903, 14.9957, 66.5198)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48D8 #96D848

analogous

#484ED8 #8A48D8 #D248D8

triadic

#8A48D8 #D88A48 #48D88A

tetradic

#8A48D8 #D8484E #96D848 #48D8D2

square

#8A48D8 #D8484E #96D848 #48D8D2

split-complementary

#8A48D8 #D8D248 #4ED848

monochromatic

#4E1D89 #6B28BB #8A48D8 #AA7AE3 #CBADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8A48D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8A48D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48D8

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48D8	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.210 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe5',
    500: '#8a48d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48d8;
$custom-light: #b27fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55562,
    "c": 0.21013,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48D8

secondary

#C0DBA0

accent

#E8409B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48D8

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

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