#8C48DB#8C48DB

#8C48DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.214 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C48DB
RGB	rgb(140, 72, 219)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 56.66, -64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 85.79, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.1097 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.214 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9157, 15.3245, 68.5967)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C48DB #97DB48

analogous

#484EDB #8C48DB #D548DB

triadic

#8C48DB #DB8C48 #48DB8C

tetradic

#8C48DB #DB484E #97DB48 #48DBD5

square

#8C48DB #DB484E #97DB48 #48DBD5

split-complementary

#8C48DB #DBD548 #4EDB48

monochromatic

#501C8D #6D26C0 #8C48DB #AC7BE5 #CCAEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8C48DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8C48DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C48DB

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C48DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C48DB	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c48db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 72, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.214 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b380e7',
    500: '#8c48db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c48db;
$custom-light: #b380e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c48db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.755,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56002,
    "c": 0.21373,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C48DB

secondary

#C2DDA2

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C48DB

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

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