#8C48D2#8C48D2

#8C48D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.204 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C48D2
RGB	rgb(140, 72, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 54.49, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 81.27, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1107 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.204 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7627, 14.8633, 62.5246)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C48D2 #8ED248

analogous

#4849D2 #8C48D2 #D148D2

triadic

#8C48D2 #D28C48 #48D28C

tetradic

#8C48D2 #D24849 #8ED248 #48D2D1

square

#8C48D2 #D24849 #8ED248 #48D2D1

split-complementary

#8C48D2 #D2D148 #49D248

monochromatic

#4F2080 #6D2CB1 #8C48D2 #AB79DE #CAAAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8C48D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8C48D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C48D2

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C48D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C48D2	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c48d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 72, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.204 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37fe1',
    500: '#8c48d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c48d2;
$custom-light: #b37fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c48d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55352,
    "c": 0.20396,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C48D2

secondary

#BBD89E

accent

#E44495

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C48D2

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

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