#8A4AC6#8A4AC6

#8A4AC6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.188 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4AC6
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 198)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 50.18, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 74.07, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1067 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.188 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1208, 14.3782, 54.9723)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4AC6 #86C64A

analogous

#4C4AC6 #8A4AC6 #C64AC4

triadic

#8A4AC6 #C68A4A #4AC68A

tetradic

#8A4AC6 #C64C4A #86C64A #4AC4C6

square

#8A4AC6 #C64C4A #86C64A #4AC4C6

split-complementary

#8A4AC6 #C4C64A #4AC64C

monochromatic

#4C2472 #6B32A0 #8A4AC6 #A879D5 #C6A7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8A4AC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A4AC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AC6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4AC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4AC6	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.188 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080d8',
    500: '#8a4ac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ac6;
$custom-light: #b080d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54556,
    "c": 0.18759,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4AC6

secondary

#B5D19B

accent

#DC4C92

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4AC6

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

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