#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
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 208)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 53.30, -59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 79.72, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1085 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.2 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4125, 14.8081, 61.2344)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8B49D0	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

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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