#8B49CA#8B49CA

#8B49CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.194 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49CA
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 63.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 51.86, -56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 76.67, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.109 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.194 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6883, 14.5184, 57.4200)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49CA #88CA49

analogous

#4B49CA #8B49CA #CA49C9

triadic

#8B49CA #CA8B49 #49CA8B

tetradic

#8B49CA #CA4B49 #88CA49 #49C9CA

square

#8B49CA #CA4B49 #88CA49 #49C9CA

split-complementary

#8B49CA #C9CA49 #49CA4B

monochromatic

#4D2276 #6C30A6 #8B49CA #A978D8 #C7A8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8B49CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8B49CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49CA

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49CA	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.194 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180db',
    500: '#8b49ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49ca;
$custom-light: #b180db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54808,
    "c": 0.19365,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49CA

secondary

#B7D39C

accent

#DE4A92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49CA

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

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