#8B49D8#8B49D8

#8B49D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.209 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49D8
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 55.24, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 83.76, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.1076 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.209 301)
XYZ	xyz(25.4217, 15.2118, 66.5493)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49D8 #96D849

analogous

#494FD8 #8B49D8 #D249D8

triadic

#8B49D8 #D88B49 #49D88B

tetradic

#8B49D8 #D8494F #96D849 #49D8D2

square

#8B49D8 #D8494F #96D849 #49D8D2

split-complementary

#8B49D8 #D8D249 #4FD849

monochromatic

#4F1D89 #6C28BC #8B49D8 #AB7BE3 #CBAEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8B49D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8B49D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49D8

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49D8	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.209 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e5',
    500: '#8b49d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49d8;
$custom-light: #b280e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55799,
    "c": 0.20903,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.15212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49D8

secondary

#C1DCA1

accent

#E8409A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49D8

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

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