#8A49D9#8A49D9

#8A49D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.210 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49D9
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 55.28, -63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 84.28, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1062 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.21 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3851, 15.1779, 67.2244)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49D9 #98D949

analogous

#4950D9 #8A49D9 #D249D9

triadic

#8A49D9 #D98A49 #49D98A

tetradic

#8A49D9 #D94950 #98D949 #49D9D2

square

#8A49D9 #D94950 #98D949 #49D9D2

split-complementary

#8A49D9 #D9D249 #50D949

monochromatic

#4E1D8B #6B28BD #8A49D9 #AB7CE4 #CBAEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8A49D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8A49D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49D9

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49D9	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.210 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e6',
    500: '#8a49d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49d9;
$custom-light: #b280e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.083,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55763,
    "c": 0.20997,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49D9

secondary

#C2DCA2

accent

#E83F9C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49D9

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

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