#8A49B1#8A49B1

#8A49B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.166 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49B1
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 177)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 58.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, 45.80, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 63.94, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1083 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.166 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7981, 13.3431, 43.0663)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49B1 #70B149

analogous

#5649B1 #8A49B1 #B149A4

triadic

#8A49B1 #B18A49 #49B18A

tetradic

#8A49B1 #B15649 #70B149 #49A4B1

square

#8A49B1 #B15649 #70B149 #49A4B1

split-complementary

#8A49B1 #A4B149 #49B156

monochromatic

#46255A #683786 #8A49B1 #A672C5 #C19ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#8A49B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A49B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49B1

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49B1	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2563B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F67AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.166 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fc9',
    500: '#8a49b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49b1;
$custom-light: #af7fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53051,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49B1

secondary

#A5C392

accent

#D15685

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49B1

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

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