#8B49AE#8B49AE

#8B49AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.163 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49AE
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 174)
HSL	hsl(279, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 58%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 45.38, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 62.46, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% 0.1095 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.163 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6686, 13.3106, 41.5166)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49AE #6CAE49

analogous

#5849AE #8B49AE #AE499E

triadic

#8B49AE #AE8B49 #49AE8B

tetradic

#8B49AE #AE5849 #6CAE49 #499EAE

square

#8B49AE #AE5849 #6CAE49 #499EAE

split-complementary

#8B49AE #9EAE49 #49AE58

monochromatic

#462558 #693783 #8B49AE #A771C3 #C29CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8B49AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8B49AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49AE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49AE	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A63B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4368AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.163 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fc7',
    500: '#8b49ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49ae;
$custom-light: #b07fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.208,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52986,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49AE

secondary

#A2C291

accent

#D15781

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49AE

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

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