#8A49B7#8A49B7

#8A49B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.172 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49B7
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 183)
HSL	hsl(275, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 60.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 47.17, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 66.99, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.1084 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.172 309)
XYZ	xyz(21.4093, 13.5876, 46.2854)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49B7 #76B749

analogous

#5349B7 #8A49B7 #B749AD

triadic

#8A49B7 #B78A49 #49B78A

tetradic

#8A49B7 #B75349 #76B749 #49ADB7

square

#8A49B7 #B75349 #76B749 #49ADB7

split-complementary

#8A49B7 #ADB749 #49B753

monochromatic

#482660 #69378C #8A49B7 #A675C8 #C2A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8A49B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8A49B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49B7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49B7	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C64BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A68B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.172 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fcd',
    500: '#8a49b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49b7;
$custom-light: #af7fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53429,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.13587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49B7

secondary

#A9C695

accent

#D35588

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49B7

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

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