#8B49D5#8B49D5

#8B49D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.206 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49D5
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 65.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 54.51, -61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 82.25, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.108 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.206 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0374, 15.0581, 64.5253)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49D5 #93D549

analogous

#494DD5 #8B49D5 #D149D5

triadic

#8B49D5 #D58B49 #49D58B

tetradic

#8B49D5 #D5494D #93D549 #49D5D1

square

#8B49D5 #D5494D #93D549 #49D5D1

split-complementary

#8B49D5 #D5D149 #4DD549

monochromatic

#4F1F85 #6C2AB7 #8B49D5 #AB7BE0 #CAACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8B49D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8B49D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49D5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49D5	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.206 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e3',
    500: '#8b49d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49d5;
$custom-light: #b280e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55583,
    "c": 0.20575,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49D5

secondary

#BFDAA0

accent

#E64299

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49D5

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

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