#8A49DB#8A49DB

#8A49DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.212 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49DB
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 219)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 66.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 55.78, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 85.29, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1059 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.212 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.6468, 15.2826, 68.6027)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49DB #9ADB49

analogous

#4951DB #8A49DB #D349DB

triadic

#8A49DB #DB8A49 #49DB8A

tetradic

#8A49DB #DB4951 #9ADB49 #49DBD3

square

#8A49DB #DB4951 #9ADB49 #49DBD3

split-complementary

#8A49DB #DBD349 #51DB49

monochromatic

#4F1C8E #6B26C1 #8A49DB #AB7CE5 #CCAFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8A49DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A49DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49DB

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49DB	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.212 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e7',
    500: '#8a49db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49db;
$custom-light: #b280e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.712,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55909,
    "c": 0.21216,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49DB

secondary

#C3DDA2

accent

#EA3E9D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49DB

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

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