#8A49D7#8A49D7

#8A49D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.208 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D7
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 66%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 54.79, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 83.27, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1064 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.208 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1265, 15.0745, 65.8627)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D7 #96D749

analogous

#494FD7 #8A49D7 #D149D7

triadic

#8A49D7 #D78A49 #49D78A

tetradic

#8A49D7 #D7494F #96D749 #49D7D1

square

#8A49D7 #D7494F #96D749 #49D7D1

split-complementary

#8A49D7 #D7D149 #4FD749

monochromatic

#4E1E88 #6B29BA #8A49D7 #AA7BE2 #CBADED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8A49D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8A49D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D7

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D7	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79698A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.208 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e4',
    500: '#8a49d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d7;
$custom-light: #b280e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.465,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55617,
    "c": 0.20777,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D7

secondary

#C0DBA1

accent

#E7419B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D7

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

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