#8D49E3#8D49E3

#8D49E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.221 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D49E3
RGB	rgb(141, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 58.32, -67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 89.25, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1089 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.221 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2287, 15.9736, 74.3068)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D49E3 #9FE349

analogous

#4952E3 #8D49E3 #DA49E3

triadic

#8D49E3 #E38D49 #49E38D

tetradic

#8D49E3 #E34952 #9FE349 #49E3DA

square

#8D49E3 #E34952 #9FE349 #49E3DA

split-complementary

#8D49E3 #E3DA49 #52E349

monochromatic

#51189A #6D20CF #8D49E3 #AE7EEB #CFB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8D49E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8D49E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D49E3

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D49E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D49E3	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d49e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.221 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b580ed',
    500: '#8d49e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d49e3;
$custom-light: #b580ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d49e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.494,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56827,
    "c": 0.2213,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D49E3

secondary

#C7E2A6

accent

#F0389F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D49E3

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

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