#8B49E6#8B49E6

#8B49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.224 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B49E6
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 58.68, -69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 90.80, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1057 -0.1978)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.224 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3093, 15.9668, 76.4907)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B49E6 #A4E649

analogous

#4956E6 #8B49E6 #DA49E6

triadic

#8B49E6 #E68B49 #49E68B

tetradic

#8B49E6 #E64956 #A4E649 #49E6DA

square

#8B49E6 #E64956 #A4E649 #49E6DA

split-complementary

#8B49E6 #E6DA49 #56E649

monochromatic

#4F169F #6A1DD5 #8B49E6 #AD7FED #D0B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8B49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8B49E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B49E6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B49E6	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.224 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480ef',
    500: '#8b49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b49e6;
$custom-light: #b480ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.223,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56838,
    "c": 0.22428,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B49E6

secondary

#CAE4A7

accent

#F235A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B49E6

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

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