#8B49CD#8B49CD

#8B49CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.197 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49CD
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 52.58, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 78.19, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1087 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.197 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0469, 14.6619, 59.3089)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49CD #8BCD49

analogous

#4949CD #8B49CD #CD49CD

triadic

#8B49CD #CD8B49 #49CD8B

tetradic

#8B49CD #CD4949 #8BCD49 #49CDCD

square

#8B49CD #CD4949 #8BCD49 #49CDCD

split-complementary

#8B49CD #CDCD49 #49CD49

monochromatic

#4E227A #6C2FAA #8B49CD #AA79DA #C8A9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8B49CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8B49CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49CD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49CD	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.197 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180dd',
    500: '#8b49cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49cd;
$custom-light: #b180dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55017,
    "c": 0.19696,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49CD

secondary

#B9D59D

accent

#E04894

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49CD

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

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