#8A49BC#8A49BC

#8A49BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.178 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49BC
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 48.33, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 69.53, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1083 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.178 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9390, 13.7995, 49.0750)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49BC #7BBC49

analogous

#5049BC #8A49BC #BC49B4

triadic

#8A49BC #BC8A49 #49BC8A

tetradic

#8A49BC #BC5049 #7BBC49 #49B4BC

square

#8A49BC #BC5049 #7BBC49 #49B4BC

split-complementary

#8A49BC #B4BC49 #49BC50

monochromatic

#492565 #6A3692 #8A49BC #A776CC #C4A2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8A49BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8A49BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49BC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49BC	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1165C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3568B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.178 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd1',
    500: '#8a49bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49bc;
$custom-light: #b07fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53752,
    "c": 0.17789,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49BC

secondary

#ADCA97

accent

#D6528B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49BC

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

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