#8D48E1#8D48E1

#8D48E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.220 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D48E1
RGB	rgb(141, 72, 225)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 68%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 58.31, -66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 88.78, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1102 -0.1908)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.22 300)
XYZ	xyz(26.8891, 15.7334, 72.8398)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D48E1 #9CE148

analogous

#484FE1 #8D48E1 #DA48E1

triadic

#8D48E1 #E18D48 #48E18D

tetradic

#8D48E1 #E1484F #9CE148 #48E1DA

square

#8D48E1 #E1484F #9CE148 #48E1DA

split-complementary

#8D48E1 #E1DA48 #4FE148

monochromatic

#511996 #6E21CB #8D48E1 #AE7DEA #CFB1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8D48E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8D48E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D48E1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D48E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D48E1	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d48e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 72, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.220 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480eb',
    500: '#8d48e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d48e1;
$custom-light: #b480eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d48e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.059,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56555,
    "c": 0.22036,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D48E1

secondary

#C5E1A4

accent

#EF399D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D48E1

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

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