#8A49C5#8A49C5

#8A49C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.188 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49C5
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 197)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 50.45, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 74.12, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.108 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.188 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9396, 14.1997, 54.3448)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49C5 #84C549

analogous

#4C49C5 #8A49C5 #C549C2

triadic

#8A49C5 #C58A49 #49C58A

tetradic

#8A49C5 #C54C49 #84C549 #49C2C5

square

#8A49C5 #C54C49 #84C549 #49C2C5

split-complementary

#8A49C5 #C2C549 #49C54C

monochromatic

#4C2470 #6B329E #8A49C5 #A877D4 #C6A6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8A49C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A49C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49C5

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49C5	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A69C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.188 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd7',
    500: '#8a49c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49c5;
$custom-light: #b07fd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.452,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54352,
    "c": 0.18788,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49C5

secondary

#B4D09A

accent

#DB4D90

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49C5

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

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