#8A49B8#8A49B8

#8A49B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.173 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49B8
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 184)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 60.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 47.40, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 67.50, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1084 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.173 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5138, 13.6294, 46.8355)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49B8 #77B849

analogous

#5249B8 #8A49B8 #B849AF

triadic

#8A49B8 #B88A49 #49B88A

tetradic

#8A49B8 #B85249 #77B849 #49AFB8

square

#8A49B8 #B85249 #77B849 #49AFB8

split-complementary

#8A49B8 #AFB849 #49B852

monochromatic

#482661 #69378D #8A49B8 #A675C9 #C3A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8A49B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A49B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49B8

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49B8	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3968B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.173 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fce',
    500: '#8a49b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49b8;
$custom-light: #af7fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.135,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53493,
    "c": 0.17344,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49B8

secondary

#AAC796

accent

#D45489

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49B8

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

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