#8A49BB#8A49BB

#8A49BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.177 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49BB
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 187)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 61%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 48.10, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 69.03, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1083 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.177 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8316, 13.7565, 48.5092)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49BB #7ABB49

analogous

#5149BB #8A49BB #BB49B3

triadic

#8A49BB #BB8A49 #49BB8A

tetradic

#8A49BB #BB5149 #7ABB49 #49B3BB

square

#8A49BB #BB5149 #7ABB49 #49B3BB

split-complementary

#8A49BB #B3BB49 #49BB51

monochromatic

#492564 #6A3691 #8A49BB #A776CC #C3A2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A49BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A49BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49BB

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49BB	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1465BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3668B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.177 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd0',
    500: '#8a49bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49bb;
$custom-light: #b07fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53687,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49BB

secondary

#ACC997

accent

#D5538B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49BB

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

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