#8A49B2#8A49B2

#8A49B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.167 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49B2
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 59%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 46.03, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 64.44, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1083 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.167 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8981, 13.3831, 43.5932)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49B2 #71B249

analogous

#5649B2 #8A49B2 #B249A6

triadic

#8A49B2 #B28A49 #49B28A

tetradic

#8A49B2 #B25649 #71B249 #49A6B2

square

#8A49B2 #B25649 #71B249 #49A6B2

split-complementary

#8A49B2 #A6B249 #49B256

monochromatic

#47255B #683787 #8A49B2 #A673C5 #C29ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8A49B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A49B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49B2

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49B2	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2463B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F68AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.167 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fc9',
    500: '#8a49b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49b2;
$custom-light: #af7fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53113,
    "c": 0.16677,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49B2

secondary

#A6C493

accent

#D25685

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49B2

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

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