#8B49D2#8B49D2

#8B49D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.202 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49D2
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 210)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 65.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 53.79, -60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 80.73, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1083 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.202 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6601, 14.9072, 62.5385)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49D2 #90D249

analogous

#494BD2 #8B49D2 #CF49D2

triadic

#8B49D2 #D28B49 #49D28B

tetradic

#8B49D2 #D2494B #90D249 #49D2CF

square

#8B49D2 #D2494B #90D249 #49D2CF

split-complementary

#8B49D2 #D2CF49 #4BD249

monochromatic

#4F2081 #6C2CB2 #8B49D2 #AA7ADE #CAABEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8B49D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8B49D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49D2

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49D2	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.202 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e1',
    500: '#8b49d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49d2;
$custom-light: #b280e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.905,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55369,
    "c": 0.20246,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49D2

secondary

#BCD89F

accent

#E34497

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49D2

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

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