#8A49BE#8A49BE

#8A49BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.180 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49BE
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 190)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 48.80, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 70.55, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1083 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.18 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1561, 13.8863, 50.2183)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49BE #7DBE49

analogous

#5049BE #8A49BE #BE49B8

triadic

#8A49BE #BE8A49 #49BE8A

tetradic

#8A49BE #BE5049 #7DBE49 #49B8BE

square

#8A49BE #BE5049 #7DBE49 #49B8BE

split-complementary

#8A49BE #B8BE49 #49BE50

monochromatic

#4A2568 #6A3595 #8A49BE #A776CE #C4A3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8A49BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8A49BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49BE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49BE	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B66C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3369BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.180 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd2',
    500: '#8a49be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49be;
$custom-light: #b07fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53884,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49BE

secondary

#AFCB98

accent

#D7518C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49BE

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

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