#8D48E2#8D48E2

#8D48E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.221 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D48E2
RGB	rgb(141, 72, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 58.55, -67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 89.28, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1101 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.221 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0259, 15.7882, 73.5603)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D48E2 #9DE248

analogous

#4850E2 #8D48E2 #DA48E2

triadic

#8D48E2 #E28D48 #48E28D

tetradic

#8D48E2 #E24850 #9DE248 #48E2DA

square

#8D48E2 #E24850 #9DE248 #48E2DA

split-complementary

#8D48E2 #E2DA48 #50E248

monochromatic

#511898 #6D20CC #8D48E2 #AE7DEA #CFB2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8D48E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8D48E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D48E2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D48E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D48E2	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)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d48e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 72, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.221 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b480ec',
    500: '#8d48e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d48e2;
$custom-light: #b480ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d48e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.883,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56629,
    "c": 0.22143,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D48E2

secondary

#C6E1A4

accent

#EF389D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D48E2

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

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