#8A4AAC#8A4AAC

#8A4AAC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.159 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4AAC
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 172)
HSL	hsl(279, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 57%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 44.15, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 60.80, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1068 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.159 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3751, 13.2799, 40.5117)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4AAC #6CAC4A

analogous

#594AAC #8A4AAC #AC4A9D

triadic

#8A4AAC #AC8A4A #4AAC8A

tetradic

#8A4AAC #AC594A #6CAC4A #4A9DAC

square

#8A4AAC #AC594A #6CAC4A #4A9DAC

split-complementary

#8A4AAC #9DAC4A #4AAC59

monochromatic

#452556 #683881 #8A4AAC #A671C2 #C19CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8A4AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8A4AAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AAC

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4AAC	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D63AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4467AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.159 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fc5',
    500: '#8a4aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4aac;
$custom-light: #af7fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52888,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4AAC

secondary

#A2C191

accent

#D05882

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4AAC

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

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