#8A49B4#8A49B4

#8A49B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.169 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49B4
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 59.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 46.48, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 65.46, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.1084 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.169 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1004, 13.4640, 44.6584)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49B4 #73B449

analogous

#5549B4 #8A49B4 #B449A8

triadic

#8A49B4 #B48A49 #49B48A

tetradic

#8A49B4 #B45549 #73B449 #49A8B4

square

#8A49B4 #B45549 #73B449 #49A8B4

split-complementary

#8A49B4 #A8B449 #49B455

monochromatic

#47265D #693788 #8A49B4 #A674C7 #C29FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A49B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A49B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49B4

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49B4	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2164B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D68B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.169 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fcb',
    500: '#8a49b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49b4;
$custom-light: #af7fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.449,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53238,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49B4

secondary

#A7C594

accent

#D25687

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49B4

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

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