#8A45AE#8A45AE

#8A45AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.168 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A45AE
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 174)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 47.19, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 64.76, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% 0.1135 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.168 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2480, 12.7160, 41.4240)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A45AE #69AE45

analogous

#5645AE #8A45AE #AE459D

triadic

#8A45AE #AE8A45 #45AE8A

tetradic

#8A45AE #AE5645 #69AE45 #459DAE

square

#8A45AE #AE5645 #69AE45 #459DAE

split-complementary

#8A45AE #9DAE45 #45AE56

monochromatic

#442256 #673482 #8A45AE #A66CC5 #C197D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8A45AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A45AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A45AE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A45AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A45AE	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2060B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E65AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a45ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.168 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7cc7',
    500: '#8a45ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a45ae;
$custom-light: #af7cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a45ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52305,
    "c": 0.16848,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A45AE

secondary

#9FC28D

accent

#D35580

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A45AE

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

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