#8A49D6#8A49D6

#8A49D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.207 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D6
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 54.55, -62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 82.76, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1065 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.207 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.9984, 15.0233, 65.1881)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D6 #95D649

analogous

#494FD6 #8A49D6 #D149D6

triadic

#8A49D6 #D68A49 #49D68A

tetradic

#8A49D6 #D6494F #95D649 #49D6D1

square

#8A49D6 #D6494F #95D649 #49D6D1

split-complementary

#8A49D6 #D6D149 #4FD649

monochromatic

#4E1E86 #6B2AB8 #8A49D6 #AA7BE1 #CAADED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8A49D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8A49D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D6

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D6	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.207 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e3',
    500: '#8a49d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d6;
$custom-light: #b180e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.66,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55545,
    "c": 0.20667,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.15023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D6

secondary

#C0DAA0

accent

#E6429A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D6

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

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