#8B49D3#8B49D3

#8B49D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.204 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49D3
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 211)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 54.03, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 81.24, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.1082 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.204 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7851, 14.9571, 63.1966)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49D3 #91D349

analogous

#494CD3 #8B49D3 #D049D3

triadic

#8B49D3 #D38B49 #49D38B

tetradic

#8B49D3 #D3494C #91D349 #49D3D0

square

#8B49D3 #D3494C #91D349 #49D3D0

split-complementary

#8B49D3 #D3D049 #4CD349

monochromatic

#4F1F82 #6C2BB3 #8B49D3 #AA7ADF #CAACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8B49D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8B49D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49D3

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49D3	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.204 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e1',
    500: '#8b49d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49d3;
$custom-light: #b280e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5544,
    "c": 0.20356,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49D3

secondary

#BDD99F

accent

#E44497

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49D3

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

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