#8A49DD#8A49DD

#8A49DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.214 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49DD
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 67%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 56.27, -65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 86.30, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1057 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.214 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9117, 15.3885, 69.9977)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49DD #9CDD49

analogous

#4952DD #8A49DD #D449DD

triadic

#8A49DD #DD8A49 #49DD8A

tetradic

#8A49DD #DD4952 #9CDD49 #49DDD4

square

#8A49DD #DD4952 #9CDD49 #49DDD4

split-complementary

#8A49DD #DDD449 #52DD49

monochromatic

#4F1B91 #6B25C4 #8A49DD #AB7DE7 #CCB0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8A49DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8A49DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49DD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49DD	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.214 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e8',
    500: '#8a49dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49dd;
$custom-light: #b280e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.351,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56057,
    "c": 0.21435,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49DD

secondary

#C5DFA3

accent

#EB3C9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49DD

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

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