#8A48D9#8A48D9

#8A48D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.211 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48D9
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 66.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.70, 55.77, -63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.70, 84.82, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1072 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.211 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3199, 15.0476, 67.2027)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48D9 #97D948

analogous

#484FD9 #8A48D9 #D248D9

triadic

#8A48D9 #D98A48 #48D98A

tetradic

#8A48D9 #D9484F #97D948 #48D9D2

square

#8A48D9 #D9484F #97D948 #48D9D2

split-complementary

#8A48D9 #D9D248 #4FD948

monochromatic

#4E1D8A #6B27BD #8A48D9 #AA7BE4 #CBADEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8A48D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8A48D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48D9

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48D9	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.211 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe6',
    500: '#8a48d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48d9;
$custom-light: #b27fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.31,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55635,
    "c": 0.21122,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48D9

secondary

#C1DCA1

accent

#E93F9B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48D9

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

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