#8B49DA#8B49DA

#8B49DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.211 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B49DA
RGBrgb(139, 73, 218)
HSLhsl(267, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(267, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(36.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(46.06, 55.73, -63.88)
CIE-LCHlch(46.06, 84.77, 311.10°)
OKLaboklab(55.95% 0.1074 -0.1819)
OKLCHoklch(55.95% 0.211 300.6)
XYZxyz(25.6818, 15.3158, 67.9193)
Luminance0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B49DA #98DA49
analogous
#4950DA #8B49DA #D349DA
triadic
#8B49DA #DA8B49 #49DA8B
tetradic
#8B49DA #DA4950 #98DA49 #49DAD3
square
#8B49DA #DA4950 #98DA49 #49DAD3
split-complementary
#8B49DA #DAD349 #50DA49
monochromatic
#4F1C8C #6C27BF #8B49DA #AB7CE4 #CCAFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17
#8B49DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06
#8B49DA on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49DA
5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B49DA#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B49DA1.005.174.065.17
#FFFFFF5.171.0021.001.00
#0000004.0621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006DDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006CD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7A6A8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b49da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.211 300.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e6',
    500: '#8b49da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b49da;
$custom-light: #b280e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b49da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.31,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55945,
    "c": 0.21122,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B49DA
secondary
#C2DDA2
accent
#E93F9C
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFC
border
#D0CAD5
text
#120A16
muted
#817C84

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#8B49DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva