#8A49CC#8A49CC

#8A49CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.196 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49CC
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 52.13, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 77.69, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% 0.1075 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.196 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7604, 14.5280, 58.6675)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49CC #8BCC49

analogous

#494ACC #8A49CC #CC49CC

triadic

#8A49CC #CC8A49 #49CC8A

tetradic

#8A49CC #CC494A #8BCC49 #49CCCC

square

#8A49CC #CC494A #8BCC49 #49CCCC

split-complementary

#8A49CC #CCCC49 #4ACC49

monochromatic

#4D2279 #6B2FA9 #8A49CC #A979D9 #C7A9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8A49CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8A49CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49CC

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49CC	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.196 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180dc',
    500: '#8a49cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49cc;
$custom-light: #b180dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.771,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54834,
    "c": 0.19564,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49CC

secondary

#B9D49D

accent

#E04894

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49CC

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

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