#8B49CB#8B49CB

#8B49CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.195 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49CB
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 203)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 64%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 52.10, -56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 77.18, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% 0.1089 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.195 304)
XYZ	xyz(23.8071, 14.5659, 58.0456)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49CB #89CB49

analogous

#4A49CB #8B49CB #CB49CA

triadic

#8B49CB #CB8B49 #49CB8B

tetradic

#8B49CB #CB4A49 #89CB49 #49CACB

square

#8B49CB #CB4A49 #89CB49 #49CACB

split-complementary

#8B49CB #CACB49 #49CB4A

monochromatic

#4D2277 #6C30A7 #8B49CB #A979D9 #C8A8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8B49CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B49CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49CB

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49CB	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.195 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180dc',
    500: '#8b49cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49cb;
$custom-light: #b180dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54878,
    "c": 0.19475,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.14566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49CB

secondary

#B7D49C

accent

#DF4993

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49CB

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

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