#8A45B1#8A45B1

#8A45B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.172 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A45B1
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 177)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 61%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 47.86, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 66.26, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1135 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.172 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5437, 12.8343, 42.9815)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A45B1 #6CB145

analogous

#5445B1 #8A45B1 #B145A2

triadic

#8A45B1 #B18A45 #45B18A

tetradic

#8A45B1 #B15445 #6CB145 #45A2B1

square

#8A45B1 #B15445 #6CB145 #45A2B1

split-complementary

#8A45B1 #A2B145 #45B154

monochromatic

#452359 #683485 #8A45B1 #A66DC6 #C199D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A45B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A45B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A45B1

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A45B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A45B1	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B61B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B66AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a45b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.172 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7cc9',
    500: '#8a45b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a45b1;
$custom-light: #af7cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a45b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52494,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A45B1

secondary

#A2C38E

accent

#D45482

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A45B1

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

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