#8B49E3#8B49E3

#8B49E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.221 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49E3
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 57.94, -67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 89.30, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1062 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.221 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8916, 15.7997, 74.2910)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49E3 #A1E349

analogous

#4954E3 #8B49E3 #D849E3

triadic

#8B49E3 #E38B49 #49E38B

tetradic

#8B49E3 #E34954 #A1E349 #49E3D8

square

#8B49E3 #E34954 #A1E349 #49E3D8

split-complementary

#8B49E3 #E3D849 #54E349

monochromatic

#4F189A #6B20CF #8B49E3 #AD7EEB #CFB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8B49E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8B49E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49E3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49E3	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.221 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380ed',
    500: '#8b49e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49e3;
$custom-light: #b380ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56612,
    "c": 0.22103,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49E3

secondary

#C8E2A6

accent

#F038A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49E3

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

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