#8C46D4#8C46D4

#8C46D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.209 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C46D4
RGB	rgb(140, 70, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 67%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 55.94, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 83.35, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1127 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.209 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8863, 14.7092, 63.8027)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C46D4 #8ED446

analogous

#4647D4 #8C46D4 #D346D4

triadic

#8C46D4 #D48C46 #46D48C

tetradic

#8C46D4 #D44647 #8ED446 #46D4D3

square

#8C46D4 #D44647 #8ED446 #46D4D3

split-complementary

#8C46D4 #D4D346 #47D446

monochromatic

#4F1E81 #6D2AB3 #8C46D4 #AB78E0 #CAA9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8C46D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8C46D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C46D4

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C46D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C46D4	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c46d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 70, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.209 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ee2',
    500: '#8c46d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c46d4;
$custom-light: #b37ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c46d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55242,
    "c": 0.20869,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C46D4

secondary

#BBD99D

accent

#E54295

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C46D4

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

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