#8B49D0#8B49D0

#8B49D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.200 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B49D0
RGBrgb(139, 73, 208)
HSLhsl(269, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(269, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(33.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(45.37, 53.30, -59.27)
CIE-LCHlch(45.37, 79.72, 311.96°)
OKLaboklab(55.23% 0.1085 -0.1683)
OKLCHoklch(55.23% 0.2 302.8)
XYZxyz(24.4125, 14.8081, 61.2344)
Luminance0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B49D0 #8ED049
analogous
#494BD0 #8B49D0 #CE49D0
triadic
#8B49D0 #D08B49 #49D08B
tetradic
#8B49D0 #D0494B #8ED049 #49D0CE
square
#8B49D0 #D0494B #8ED049 #49D0CE
split-complementary
#8B49D0 #D0CE49 #4BD049
monochromatic
#4E217E #6C2DAF #8B49D0 #AA7ADD #C9AAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30
#8B49D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96
#8B49D0 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49D0
5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B49D0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B49D01.005.303.965.30
#FFFFFF5.301.0021.001.00
#0000003.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.301.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006AD4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#176BCD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D6786
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b49d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.200 302.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280df',
    500: '#8b49d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b49d0;
$custom-light: #b280df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b49d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55227,
    "c": 0.20026,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B49D0
secondary
#BBD79E
accent
#E24696
background
#FBF8FD
surface
#F6EFFB
border
#D0CAD4
text
#110A15
muted
#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49D0

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

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#8B49D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva