#8A49C8#8A49C8

#8A49C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.191 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49C8
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 63.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, 51.17, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 75.65, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1078 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.191 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2868, 14.3386, 56.1732)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49C8 #87C849

analogous

#4A49C8 #8A49C8 #C849C6

triadic

#8A49C8 #C88A49 #49C88A

tetradic

#8A49C8 #C84A49 #87C849 #49C6C8

square

#8A49C8 #C84A49 #87C849 #49C6C8

split-complementary

#8A49C8 #C6C849 #49C84A

monochromatic

#4C2374 #6B31A3 #8A49C8 #A878D6 #C6A7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#8A49C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8A49C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49C8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49C8	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#266AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.191 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd9',
    500: '#8a49c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49c8;
$custom-light: #b07fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.709,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54557,
    "c": 0.19121,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49C8

secondary

#B6D29B

accent

#DD4B92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49C8

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

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