#8A49C4#8A49C4

#8A49C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.187 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49C4
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 196)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 62.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 50.21, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 73.61, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.108 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.187 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8254, 14.1540, 53.7434)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49C4 #83C449

analogous

#4C49C4 #8A49C4 #C449C1

triadic

#8A49C4 #C48A49 #49C48A

tetradic

#8A49C4 #C44C49 #83C449 #49C1C4

square

#8A49C4 #C44C49 #83C449 #49C1C4

split-complementary

#8A49C4 #C1C449 #49C44C

monochromatic

#4B246F #6B339D #8A49C4 #A877D3 #C5A5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8A49C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8A49C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49C4

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49C4	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C69C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.187 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd7',
    500: '#8a49c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49c4;
$custom-light: #b07fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.707,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54284,
    "c": 0.18676,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49C4

secondary

#B3CF9A

accent

#DB4D90

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49C4

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

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