#8A41C9#8A41C9

#8A41C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.203 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A41C9
RGB	rgb(138, 65, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 55.31, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 80.50, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.1166 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.203 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9118, 13.4011, 56.6266)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A41C9 #80C941

analogous

#4641C9 #8A41C9 #C941C4

triadic

#8A41C9 #C98A41 #41C98A

tetradic

#8A41C9 #C94641 #80C941 #41C4C9

square

#8A41C9 #C94641 #80C941 #41C4C9

split-complementary

#8A41C9 #C4C941 #41C946

monochromatic

#4B2070 #6B2D9F #8A41C9 #A771D7 #C5A0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8A41C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A41C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A41C9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A41C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A41C9	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1167C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a41c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 65, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.203 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bda',
    500: '#8a41c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a41c9;
$custom-light: #b17bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a41c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.206,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53605,
    "c": 0.20289,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A41C9

secondary

#B1D195

accent

#DF498E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A41C9

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

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