#8B49CC#8B49CC

#8B49CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.196 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49CC
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 204)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 52.34, -57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 77.69, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1088 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.196 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9266, 14.6137, 58.6753)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49CC #8ACC49

analogous

#4A49CC #8B49CC #CC49CC

triadic

#8B49CC #CC8B49 #49CC8B

tetradic

#8B49CC #CC4A49 #8ACC49 #49CCCC

square

#8B49CC #CC4A49 #8ACC49 #49CCCC

split-complementary

#8B49CC #CCCC49 #49CC4A

monochromatic

#4E2279 #6C2FA9 #8B49CC #A979D9 #C8A9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8B49CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B49CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49CC

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49CC	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.196 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180dc',
    500: '#8b49cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49cc;
$custom-light: #b180dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.229,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54947,
    "c": 0.19586,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49CC

secondary

#B8D49D

accent

#E04893

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49CC

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

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