#8C49E1#8C49E1

#8C49E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.219 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C49E1
RGB	rgb(140, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 57.64, -66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 88.27, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1078 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.219 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7850, 15.7765, 72.8536)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C49E1 #9EE149

analogous

#4952E1 #8C49E1 #D849E1

triadic

#8C49E1 #E18C49 #49E18C

tetradic

#8C49E1 #E14952 #9EE149 #49E1D8

square

#8C49E1 #E14952 #9EE149 #49E1D8

split-complementary

#8C49E1 #E1D849 #52E149

monochromatic

#501997 #6C22CB #8C49E1 #AD7EEA #CEB2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8C49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8C49E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C49E1

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C49E1	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.219 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480eb',
    500: '#8c49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c49e1;
$custom-light: #b480eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.447,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5657,
    "c": 0.219,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C49E1

secondary

#C6E1A5

accent

#EE399F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C49E1

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

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