#8B49C8#8B49C8

#8B49C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.191 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49C8
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 51.39, -55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 75.66, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1091 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.191 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4530, 14.4243, 56.1810)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49C8 #86C849

analogous

#4B49C8 #8B49C8 #C849C5

triadic

#8B49C8 #C88B49 #49C88B

tetradic

#8B49C8 #C84B49 #86C849 #49C5C8

square

#8B49C8 #C84B49 #86C849 #49C5C8

split-complementary

#8B49C8 #C5C849 #49C84B

monochromatic

#4D2374 #6C31A3 #8B49C8 #A978D6 #C7A7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8B49C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8B49C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49C8

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49C8	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.191 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fd9',
    500: '#8b49c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49c8;
$custom-light: #b17fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.181,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54671,
    "c": 0.19144,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49C8

secondary

#B5D29B

accent

#DD4B91

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49C8

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

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