#8A48E1#8A48E1

#8A48E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.220 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48E1
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 68%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 57.74, -67.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 88.84, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1061 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.22 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3858, 15.4739, 72.8162)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48E1 #9FE148

analogous

#4852E1 #8A48E1 #D648E1

triadic

#8A48E1 #E18A48 #48E18A

tetradic

#8A48E1 #E14852 #9FE148 #48E1D6

square

#8A48E1 #E14852 #9FE148 #48E1D6

split-complementary

#8A48E1 #E1D648 #52E148

monochromatic

#4F1996 #6A21CB #8A48E1 #AC7DEA #CDB1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8A48E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8A48E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48E1

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48E1	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.220 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280eb',
    500: '#8a48e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48e1;
$custom-light: #b280eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5623,
    "c": 0.21993,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48E1

secondary

#C7E1A4

accent

#EF39A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48E1

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