#8C49BB#8C49BB

#8C49BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.177 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C49BB
RGB	rgb(140, 73, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 61%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 48.58, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 69.07, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1109 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.177 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1656, 13.9287, 48.5249)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C49BB #78BB49

analogous

#5349BB #8C49BB #BB49B1

triadic

#8C49BB #BB8C49 #49BB8C

tetradic

#8C49BB #BB5349 #78BB49 #49B1BB

square

#8C49BB #BB5349 #78BB49 #49B1BB

split-complementary

#8C49BB #B1BB49 #49BB53

monochromatic

#4A2564 #6B3691 #8C49BB #A876CC #C4A2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8C49BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8C49BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C49BB

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C49BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C49BB	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1666BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3969B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c49bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 73, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.177 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17fd0',
    500: '#8c49bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c49bb;
$custom-light: #b17fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c49bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53922,
    "c": 0.17739,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C49BB

secondary

#ABC997

accent

#D55388

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C49BB

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

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