#8A48FF#8A48FF

#8A48FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.252 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48FF
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 255)
HSL	hsl(262, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 65.22, -80.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 103.70, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1006 -0.2311)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.252 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8436, 17.2570, 96.2942)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48FF #BDFF48

analogous

#4862FF #8A48FF #E548FF

triadic

#8A48FF #FF8A48 #48FF8A

tetradic

#8A48FF #FF4862 #BDFF48 #48FFE5

square

#8A48FF #FF4862 #BDFF48 #48FFE5

split-complementary

#8A48FF #FFE548 #62FF48

monochromatic

#4A00CD #630BFF #8A48FF #B185FF #D8C2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8A48FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8A48FF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48FF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48FF	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6778A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.252 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b581ff',
    500: '#8a48ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48ff;
$custom-light: #b581ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.639,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58585,
    "c": 0.25208,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48FF

secondary

#DAF1B1

accent

#E60093

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7EFFF

border

#D0CAD7

text

#120B18

muted

#817C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48FF

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

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