#8B49BE#8B49BE

#8B49BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.180 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49BE
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 190)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, 49.04, -50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 70.57, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.1096 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.18 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3223, 13.9720, 50.2261)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49BE #7CBE49

analogous

#5149BE #8B49BE #BE49B7

triadic

#8B49BE #BE8B49 #49BE8B

tetradic

#8B49BE #BE5149 #7CBE49 #49B7BE

square

#8B49BE #BE5149 #7CBE49 #49B7BE

split-complementary

#8B49BE #B7BE49 #49BE51

monochromatic

#4B2568 #6B3595 #8B49BE #A876CE #C4A3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8B49BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8B49BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49BE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49BE	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D66C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3469BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.180 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd2',
    500: '#8b49be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49be;
$custom-light: #b07fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54,
    "c": 0.18039,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49BE

secondary

#AECB98

accent

#D7518B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49BE

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

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