#8D48E3#8D48E3

#8D48E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.223 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D48E3
RGB	rgb(141, 72, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 58.79, -67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 89.78, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1099 -0.1935)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.223 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1635, 15.8432, 74.2851)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D48E3 #9EE348

analogous

#4850E3 #8D48E3 #DB48E3

triadic

#8D48E3 #E38D48 #48E38D

tetradic

#8D48E3 #E34850 #9EE348 #48E3DB

square

#8D48E3 #E34850 #9EE348 #48E3DB

split-complementary

#8D48E3 #E3DB48 #50E348

monochromatic

#511799 #6D20CE #8D48E3 #AE7DEB #CFB2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8D48E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8D48E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D48E3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D48E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D48E3	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d48e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 72, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.223 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b580ed',
    500: '#8d48e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d48e3;
$custom-light: #b580ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d48e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.71,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56704,
    "c": 0.22251,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D48E3

secondary

#C7E2A5

accent

#F0389E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D48E3

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

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