#8A49BD#8A49BD

#8A49BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.179 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49BD
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 189)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 61.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 48.57, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 70.05, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.1083 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.179 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0472, 13.8427, 49.6447)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49BD #7CBD49

analogous

#5049BD #8A49BD #BD49B6

triadic

#8A49BD #BD8A49 #49BD8A

tetradic

#8A49BD #BD5049 #7CBD49 #49B6BD

square

#8A49BD #BD5049 #7CBD49 #49B6BD

split-complementary

#8A49BD #B6BD49 #49BD50

monochromatic

#4A2566 #6A3593 #8A49BD #A776CD #C4A3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A49BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A49BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49BD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49BD	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E66C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3469BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.179 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd1',
    500: '#8a49bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49bd;
$custom-light: #b07fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.621,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53818,
    "c": 0.179,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49BD

secondary

#AECA97

accent

#D6518C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49BD

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

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