#8A4AB8#8A4AB8

#8A4AB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.172 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4AB8
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 184)
HSL	hsl(275, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 59.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 46.88, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 66.91, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1071 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.172 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5800, 13.7619, 46.8576)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4AB8 #78B84A

analogous

#534AB8 #8A4AB8 #B84AAF

triadic

#8A4AB8 #B88A4A #4AB88A

tetradic

#8A4AB8 #B8534A #78B84A #4AAFB8

square

#8A4AB8 #B8534A #78B84A #4AAFB8

split-complementary

#8A4AB8 #AFB84A #4AB853

monochromatic

#492661 #69378D #8A4AB8 #A676C9 #C3A2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A4AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A4AB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AB8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4AB8	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D65BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B69B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.172 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af80ce',
    500: '#8a4ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ab8;
$custom-light: #af80ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.909,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53633,
    "c": 0.17194,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4AB8

secondary

#ABC796

accent

#D3548A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4AB8

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

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