#8A49E0#8A49E0

#8A49E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.218 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49E0
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 224)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 57.01, -66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 87.81, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1053 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.218 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3149, 15.5498, 72.1216)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49E0 #9FE049

analogous

#4953E0 #8A49E0 #D649E0

triadic

#8A49E0 #E08A49 #49E08A

tetradic

#8A49E0 #E04953 #9FE049 #49E0D6

square

#8A49E0 #E04953 #9FE049 #49E0D6

split-complementary

#8A49E0 #E0D649 #53E049

monochromatic

#4F1995 #6A22C9 #8A49E0 #AC7DE9 #CDB2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8A49E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A49E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49E0

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49E0	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.218 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280eb',
    500: '#8a49e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49e0;
$custom-light: #b280eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.828,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5628,
    "c": 0.21763,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49E0

secondary

#C7E0A4

accent

#EE3AA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49E0

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