#8A49BA#8A49BA

#8A49BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.176 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49BA
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 186)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 47.87, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 68.52, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1083 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.176 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7249, 13.7138, 47.9474)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49BA #79BA49

analogous

#5149BA #8A49BA #BA49B2

triadic

#8A49BA #BA8A49 #49BA8A

tetradic

#8A49BA #BA5149 #79BA49 #49B2BA

square

#8A49BA #BA5149 #79BA49 #49B2BA

split-complementary

#8A49BA #B2BA49 #49BA51

monochromatic

#492663 #6A368F #8A49BA #A775CB #C3A2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A49BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A49BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49BA

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49BA	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1665BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3768B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.176 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fcf',
    500: '#8a49ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49ba;
$custom-light: #af7fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.513,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53622,
    "c": 0.17566,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49BA

secondary

#ACC896

accent

#D5538A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49BA

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

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