#8A49E4#8A49E4

#8A49E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.222 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49E4
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 68%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 58.00, -68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 89.82, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1047 -0.1957)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.222 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8638, 15.7694, 75.0122)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49E4 #A3E449

analogous

#4956E4 #8A49E4 #D749E4

triadic

#8A49E4 #E48A49 #49E48A

tetradic

#8A49E4 #E44956 #A3E449 #49E4D7

square

#8A49E4 #E44956 #A3E449 #49E4D7

split-complementary

#8A49E4 #E4D749 #56E449

monochromatic

#4F179C #6A1FD1 #8A49E4 #AC7EEC #CFB4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8A49E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8A49E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49E4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49E4	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.222 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380ed',
    500: '#8a49e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49e4;
$custom-light: #b380ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56581,
    "c": 0.22199,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49E4

secondary

#C9E3A6

accent

#F137A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49E4

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

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