#8A49D3#8A49D3

#8A49D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.203 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D3
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 211)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.46, 53.82, -60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.46, 81.25, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1068 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.203 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6189, 14.8714, 63.1888)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D3 #92D349

analogous

#494DD3 #8A49D3 #CF49D3

triadic

#8A49D3 #D38A49 #49D38A

tetradic

#8A49D3 #D3494D #92D349 #49D3CF

square

#8A49D3 #D3494D #92D349 #49D3CF

split-complementary

#8A49D3 #D3CF49 #4DD349

monochromatic

#4E1F82 #6B2BB3 #8A49D3 #AA7ADF #C9ACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8A49D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8A49D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D3

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D3	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.203 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e1',
    500: '#8a49d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d3;
$custom-light: #b180e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55329,
    "c": 0.20337,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D3

secondary

#BED99F

accent

#E44499

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D3

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

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