#8A49D1#8A49D1

#8A49D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.201 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D1
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 209)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 65.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 53.33, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 80.23, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.107 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.201 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3697, 14.7718, 61.8766)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D1 #90D149

analogous

#494CD1 #8A49D1 #CE49D1

triadic

#8A49D1 #D18A49 #49D18A

tetradic

#8A49D1 #D1494C #90D149 #49D1CE

square

#8A49D1 #D1494C #90D149 #49D1CE

split-complementary

#8A49D1 #D1CE49 #4CD149

monochromatic

#4E207F #6B2DB0 #8A49D1 #A97ADD #C9ABEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A49D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8A49D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D1

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D1	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.201 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e0',
    500: '#8a49d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d1;
$custom-light: #b180e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.676,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55186,
    "c": 0.20116,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D1

secondary

#BCD79E

accent

#E34597

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D1

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

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