#8A49E6#8A49E6

#8A49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.224 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49E6
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 58.50, -69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 90.82, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1044 -0.1984)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.224 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1430, 15.8811, 76.4829)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49E6 #A5E649

analogous

#4957E6 #8A49E6 #D949E6

triadic

#8A49E6 #E68A49 #49E68A

tetradic

#8A49E6 #E64957 #A5E649 #49E6D9

square

#8A49E6 #E64957 #A5E649 #49E6D9

split-complementary

#8A49E6 #E6D949 #57E649

monochromatic

#4F169F #691DD5 #8A49E6 #AD7FED #CFB5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8A49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8A49E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49E6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49E6	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.224 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380ef',
    500: '#8a49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49e6;
$custom-light: #b380ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.841,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56732,
    "c": 0.22417,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49E6

secondary

#CBE4A7

accent

#F235A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49E6

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