#8B49D9#8B49D9

#8B49D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.210 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49D9
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 55.49, -63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 84.27, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1075 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.21 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5513, 15.2636, 67.2322)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49D9 #97D949

analogous

#494FD9 #8B49D9 #D349D9

triadic

#8B49D9 #D98B49 #49D98B

tetradic

#8B49D9 #D9494F #97D949 #49D9D3

square

#8B49D9 #D9494F #97D949 #49D9D3

split-complementary

#8B49D9 #D9D349 #4FD949

monochromatic

#4F1D8B #6C28BD #8B49D9 #AB7CE4 #CCAEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8B49D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8B49D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49D9

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49D9	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.210 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e6',
    500: '#8b49d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49d9;
$custom-light: #b280e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55872,
    "c": 0.21013,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49D9

secondary

#C1DCA2

accent

#E83F9B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49D9

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

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