#8A4AC3#8A4AC3

#8A4AC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.184 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4AC3
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 195)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 62.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 49.47, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 72.53, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.1069 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.184 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7782, 14.2411, 53.1680)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4AC3 #83C34A

analogous

#4E4AC3 #8A4AC3 #C34ABF

triadic

#8A4AC3 #C38A4A #4AC38A

tetradic

#8A4AC3 #C34E4A #83C34A #4ABFC3

square

#8A4AC3 #C34E4A #83C34A #4ABFC3

split-complementary

#8A4AC3 #BFC34A #4AC34E

monochromatic

#4B246E #6B349C #8A4AC3 #A878D2 #C5A6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8A4AC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8A4AC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AC3

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4AC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4AC3	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.184 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080d6',
    500: '#8a4ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ac3;
$custom-light: #b080d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.736,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54354,
    "c": 0.18424,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4AC3

secondary

#B3CF9A

accent

#DA4E90

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4AC3

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

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