#8C49CB#8C49CB

#8C49CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.195 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C49CB
RGB	rgb(140, 73, 203)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 52.32, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 77.18, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.1102 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.195 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9748, 14.6524, 58.0535)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C49CB #88CB49

analogous

#4B49CB #8C49CB #CB49C9

triadic

#8C49CB #CB8C49 #49CB8C

tetradic

#8C49CB #CB4B49 #88CB49 #49C9CB

square

#8C49CB #CB4B49 #88CB49 #49C9CB

split-complementary

#8C49CB #C9CB49 #49CB4B

monochromatic

#4E2277 #6D30A7 #8C49CB #AA79D9 #C8A8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8C49CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8C49CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C49CB

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C49CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C49CB	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c49cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 73, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.195 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280dc',
    500: '#8c49cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c49cb;
$custom-light: #b280dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c49cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54991,
    "c": 0.19498,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C49CB

secondary

#B7D49C

accent

#DF4992

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C49CB

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

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