#8A45E6#8A45E6

#8A45E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.229 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A45E6
RGB	rgb(138, 69, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 70%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 60.39, -70.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 92.89, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1082 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.229 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8886, 15.3723, 76.3981)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A45E6 #A1E645

analogous

#4550E6 #8A45E6 #DA45E6

triadic

#8A45E6 #E68A45 #45E68A

tetradic

#8A45E6 #E64550 #A1E645 #45E6DA

square

#8A45E6 #E64550 #A1E645 #45E6DA

split-complementary

#8A45E6 #E6DA45 #50E645

monochromatic

#4F159C #6A1CD2 #8A45E6 #AC7BED #CEB1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#8A45E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8A45E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A45E6

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A45E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A45E6	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a45e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 69, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.229 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37eef',
    500: '#8a45e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a45e6;
$custom-light: #b37eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a45e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56249,
    "c": 0.22882,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A45E6

secondary

#C8E3A4

accent

#F335A1

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A45E6

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