#8A49D5#8A49D5

#8A49D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.206 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D5
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 54.31, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 82.26, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1066 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.206 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8711, 14.9723, 64.5175)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D5 #94D549

analogous

#494ED5 #8A49D5 #D049D5

triadic

#8A49D5 #D58A49 #49D58A

tetradic

#8A49D5 #D5494E #94D549 #49D5D0

square

#8A49D5 #D5494E #94D549 #49D5D0

split-complementary

#8A49D5 #D5D049 #4ED549

monochromatic

#4E1F85 #6B2AB7 #8A49D5 #AA7BE0 #CAACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8A49D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A49D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D5

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D5	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.206 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e3',
    500: '#8a49d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d5;
$custom-light: #b180e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55472,
    "c": 0.20557,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D5

secondary

#BFDAA0

accent

#E6429A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D5

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

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