#8B49CE#8B49CE

#8B49CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.198 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49CE
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 206)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 52.82, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 78.70, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.1086 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.198 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1680, 14.7103, 59.9467)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49CE #8CCE49

analogous

#494ACE #8B49CE #CD49CE

triadic

#8B49CE #CE8B49 #49CE8B

tetradic

#8B49CE #CE494A #8CCE49 #49CECD

square

#8B49CE #CE494A #8CCE49 #49CECD

split-complementary

#8B49CE #CECD49 #4ACE49

monochromatic

#4E217B #6C2EAC #8B49CE #AA79DB #C8A9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8B49CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8B49CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49CE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49CE	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.198 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180de',
    500: '#8b49ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49ce;
$custom-light: #b180de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.774,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55086,
    "c": 0.19806,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49CE

secondary

#BAD59D

accent

#E14794

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49CE

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

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