#8A49D4#8A49D4

#8A49D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.204 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D4
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 65.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 54.06, -61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 81.75, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.1067 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.204 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7446, 14.9217, 63.8511)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D4 #93D449

analogous

#494DD4 #8A49D4 #D049D4

triadic

#8A49D4 #D48A49 #49D48A

tetradic

#8A49D4 #D4494D #93D449 #49D4D0

square

#8A49D4 #D4494D #93D449 #49D4D0

split-complementary

#8A49D4 #D4D049 #4DD449

monochromatic

#4E1F84 #6B2BB5 #8A49D4 #AA7BE0 #CAACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A49D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A49D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D4

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D4	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.204 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e2',
    500: '#8a49d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d4;
$custom-light: #b180e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.058,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55401,
    "c": 0.20447,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D4

secondary

#BED9A0

accent

#E54399

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →