#8B49E2#8B49E2

#8B49E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.220 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49E2
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 57.69, -67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 88.80, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1063 -0.1925)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.22 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7540, 15.7447, 73.5663)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49E2 #A0E249

analogous

#4953E2 #8B49E2 #D749E2

triadic

#8B49E2 #E28B49 #49E28B

tetradic

#8B49E2 #E24953 #A0E249 #49E2D7

square

#8B49E2 #E24953 #A0E249 #49E2D7

split-complementary

#8B49E2 #E2D749 #53E249

monochromatic

#501898 #6B21CD #8B49E2 #AD7EEA #CEB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8B49E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8B49E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49E2

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49E2	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.220 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380ec',
    500: '#8b49e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49e2;
$custom-light: #b380ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56537,
    "c": 0.21995,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49E2

secondary

#C8E2A5

accent

#EF39A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49E2

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

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