#8A49E3#8A49E3

#8A49E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.221 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49E3
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 57.75, -68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 89.32, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1048 -0.1944)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.221 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7254, 15.7140, 74.2832)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49E3 #A2E349

analogous

#4955E3 #8A49E3 #D749E3

triadic

#8A49E3 #E38A49 #49E38A

tetradic

#8A49E3 #E34955 #A2E349 #49E3D7

square

#8A49E3 #E34955 #A2E349 #49E3D7

split-complementary

#8A49E3 #E3D749 #55E349

monochromatic

#4F189A #6A20CF #8A49E3 #AC7EEB #CEB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8A49E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8A49E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49E3

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49E3	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.221 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380ed',
    500: '#8a49e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49e3;
$custom-light: #b380ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.325,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56505,
    "c": 0.2209,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49E3

secondary

#C9E2A6

accent

#F038A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49E3

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

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