#8B48CA#8B48CA

#8B48CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.195 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B48CA
RGB	rgb(139, 72, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 52.36, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 77.23, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1101 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.195 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6231, 14.3881, 57.3983)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B48CA #87CA48

analogous

#4A48CA #8B48CA #CA48C8

triadic

#8B48CA #CA8B48 #48CA8B

tetradic

#8B48CA #CA4A48 #87CA48 #48C8CA

square

#8B48CA #CA4A48 #87CA48 #48C8CA

split-complementary

#8B48CA #C8CA48 #48CA4A

monochromatic

#4D2276 #6C30A5 #8B48CA #A977D8 #C7A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8B48CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8B48CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B48CA

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B48CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B48CA	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b48ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 72, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.195 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fdb',
    500: '#8b48ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b48ca;
$custom-light: #b17fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b48ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54676,
    "c": 0.19501,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B48CA

secondary

#B6D39B

accent

#DE4992

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B48CA

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

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