#8A4ABA#8A4ABA

#8A4ABA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.174 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4ABA
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 186)
HSL	hsl(274, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 60.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 47.35, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 67.93, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1071 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.174 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7911, 13.8463, 47.9695)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4ABA #7ABA4A

analogous

#524ABA #8A4ABA #BA4AB2

triadic

#8A4ABA #BA8A4A #4ABA8A

tetradic

#8A4ABA #BA524A #7ABA4A #4AB2BA

square

#8A4ABA #BA524A #7ABA4A #4AB2BA

split-complementary

#8A4ABA #B2BA4A #4ABA52

monochromatic

#492664 #6A3790 #8A4ABA #A776CB #C3A3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A4ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A4ABA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4ABA

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4ABA	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A66BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3969B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.174 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af80cf',
    500: '#8a4aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4aba;
$custom-light: #af80cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53762,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4ABA

secondary

#ACC997

accent

#D5538B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4ABA

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

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