#8A48E7#8A48E7

#8A48E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.226 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48E7
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 59.22, -70.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 91.85, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1052 -0.2005)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.226 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2187, 15.8071, 77.2028)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48E7 #A5E748

analogous

#4855E7 #8A48E7 #DA48E7

triadic

#8A48E7 #E78A48 #48E78A

tetradic

#8A48E7 #E74855 #A5E748 #48E7DA

square

#8A48E7 #E74855 #A5E748 #48E7DA

split-complementary

#8A48E7 #E7DA48 #55E748

monochromatic

#4F15A0 #691CD6 #8A48E7 #AD7EEE #CFB4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8A48E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8A48E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48E7

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48E7	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.226 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380f0',
    500: '#8a48e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48e7;
$custom-light: #b380f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56686,
    "c": 0.22642,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48E7

secondary

#CBE4A6

accent

#F334A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48E7

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

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