#8A49CA#8A49CA

#8A49CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.193 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49CA
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 202)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 51.65, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 76.67, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1076 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.193 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5220, 14.4327, 57.4123)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49CA #89CA49

analogous

#4A49CA #8A49CA #CA49C9

triadic

#8A49CA #CA8A49 #49CA8A

tetradic

#8A49CA #CA4A49 #89CA49 #49C9CA

square

#8A49CA #CA4A49 #89CA49 #49C9CA

split-complementary

#8A49CA #C9CA49 #49CA4A

monochromatic

#4D2276 #6B30A6 #8A49CA #A878D8 #C7A8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8A49CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8A49CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49CA

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49CA	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.193 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fdb',
    500: '#8a49ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49ca;
$custom-light: #b17fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.233,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54695,
    "c": 0.19342,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49CA

secondary

#B7D39C

accent

#DE4A93

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49CA

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

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