#8A49B6#8A49B6

#8A49B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.171 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49B6
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 182)
HSL	hsl(276, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 59.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 46.94, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 66.48, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1084 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.171 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3056, 13.5461, 45.7392)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49B6 #75B649

analogous

#5449B6 #8A49B6 #B649AB

triadic

#8A49B6 #B68A49 #49B68A

tetradic

#8A49B6 #B65449 #75B649 #49ABB6

square

#8A49B6 #B65449 #75B649 #49ABB6

split-complementary

#8A49B6 #ABB649 #49B654

monochromatic

#48265F #69378A #8A49B6 #A675C8 #C2A0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A49B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A49B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49B6

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49B6	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E64B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B68B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.171 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fcc',
    500: '#8a49b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49b6;
$custom-light: #af7fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.78,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53365,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49B6

secondary

#A9C695

accent

#D35588

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49B6

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

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