#8A49C9#8A49C9

#8A49C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.192 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49C9
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 201)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 63.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 51.41, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 76.16, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1077 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.192 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4040, 14.3855, 56.7907)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49C9 #88C949

analogous

#4A49C9 #8A49C9 #C949C8

triadic

#8A49C9 #C98A49 #49C98A

tetradic

#8A49C9 #C94A49 #88C949 #49C8C9

square

#8A49C9 #C94A49 #88C949 #49C8C9

split-complementary

#8A49C9 #C8C949 #49C94A

monochromatic

#4C2375 #6B31A4 #8A49C9 #A878D7 #C7A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8A49C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A49C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49C9

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49C9	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.192 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fda',
    500: '#8a49c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49c9;
$custom-light: #b07fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.469,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54626,
    "c": 0.19232,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49C9

secondary

#B6D29C

accent

#DE4A93

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49C9

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

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