#8A49D2#8A49D2

#8A49D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.202 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D2
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 210)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, 53.58, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 80.74, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1069 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.202 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4939, 14.8214, 62.5307)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D2 #91D249

analogous

#494DD2 #8A49D2 #CE49D2

triadic

#8A49D2 #D28A49 #49D28A

tetradic

#8A49D2 #D2494D #91D249 #49D2CE

square

#8A49D2 #D2494D #91D249 #49D2CE

split-complementary

#8A49D2 #D2CE49 #4DD249

monochromatic

#4E2081 #6B2CB2 #8A49D2 #AA7ADE #C9ABEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8A49D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A49D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D2

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D2	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.202 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e1',
    500: '#8a49d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d2;
$custom-light: #b180e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.467,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55257,
    "c": 0.20226,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D2

secondary

#BDD89F

accent

#E34498

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D2

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

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