#8A49C0#8A49C0

#8A49C0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.182 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49C0
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 192)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 62%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 49.27, -51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 71.57, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1082 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.182 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3762, 13.9743, 51.3775)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49C0 #7FC049

analogous

#4F49C0 #8A49C0 #C049BB

triadic

#8A49C0 #C08A49 #49C08A

tetradic

#8A49C0 #C04F49 #7FC049 #49BBC0

square

#8A49C0 #C04F49 #7FC049 #49BBC0

split-complementary

#8A49C0 #BBC049 #49C04F

monochromatic

#4B256A #6A3497 #8A49C0 #A776D0 #C4A4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8A49C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A49C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49C0

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49C0	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0366C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3169BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.182 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd4',
    500: '#8a49c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49c0;
$custom-light: #b07fd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.773,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54016,
    "c": 0.18232,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49C0

secondary

#B0CC98

accent

#D8508E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49C0

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

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