#8A49D8#8A49D8

#8A49D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.209 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D8
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 55.04, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 83.78, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1063 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.209 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2554, 15.1260, 66.5415)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D8 #97D849

analogous

#4950D8 #8A49D8 #D249D8

triadic

#8A49D8 #D88A49 #49D88A

tetradic

#8A49D8 #D84950 #97D849 #49D8D2

square

#8A49D8 #D84950 #97D849 #49D8D2

split-complementary

#8A49D8 #D8D249 #50D849

monochromatic

#4E1D89 #6B28BC #8A49D8 #AA7BE3 #CBAEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#8A49D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8A49D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D8

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D8	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.209 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e5',
    500: '#8a49d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d8;
$custom-light: #b280e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5569,
    "c": 0.20887,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D8

secondary

#C1DCA1

accent

#E8409C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D8

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

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