#8C48E2#8C48E2

#8C48E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.221 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C48E2
RGB	rgb(140, 72, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.58, 58.36, -67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.58, 89.30, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1087 -0.1927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.221 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8566, 15.7009, 73.5524)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C48E2 #9EE248

analogous

#4851E2 #8C48E2 #D948E2

triadic

#8C48E2 #E28C48 #48E28C

tetradic

#8C48E2 #E24851 #9EE248 #48E2D9

square

#8C48E2 #E24851 #9EE248 #48E2D9

split-complementary

#8C48E2 #E2D948 #51E248

monochromatic

#501898 #6C20CC #8C48E2 #AD7DEA #CEB2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8C48E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8C48E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C48E2

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C48E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C48E2	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c48e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 72, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.221 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480ec',
    500: '#8c48e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c48e2;
$custom-light: #b480ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c48e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.494,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56521,
    "c": 0.22129,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C48E2

secondary

#C6E1A4

accent

#EF389F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C48E2

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

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