#8B49AC#8B49AC

#8B49AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.161 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49AC
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 172)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 44.94, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 61.45, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% 0.1095 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.161 313)
XYZ	xyz(20.4751, 13.2331, 40.4974)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49AC #6AAC49

analogous

#5949AC #8B49AC #AC499B

triadic

#8B49AC #AC8B49 #49AC8B

tetradic

#8B49AC #AC5949 #6AAC49 #499BAC

square

#8B49AC #AC5949 #6AAC49 #499BAC

split-complementary

#8B49AC #9BAC49 #49AC59

monochromatic

#462556 #683781 #8B49AC #A770C2 #C19BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8B49AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8B49AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49AC

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49AC	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C62AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4467AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.161 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fc5',
    500: '#8b49ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49ac;
$custom-light: #af7fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52865,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.13233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49AC

secondary

#A0C190

accent

#D05880

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49AC

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

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