#8A4AC7#8A4AC7

#8A4AC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.189 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A4AC7
RGBrgb(138, 74, 199)
HSLhsl(271, 53%, 54%)
HSVhsv(271, 63%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(30.7%, 62.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(44.84, 50.42, -54.95)
CIE-LCHlch(44.84, 74.58, 312.54°)
OKLaboklab(54.62% 0.1067 -0.1557)
OKLCHoklch(54.62% 0.189 304.4)
XYZxyz(23.2365, 14.4245, 55.5818)
Luminance0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A4AC7 #87C74A
analogous
#4B4AC7 #8A4AC7 #C74AC5
triadic
#8A4AC7 #C78A4A #4AC78A
tetradic
#8A4AC7 #C74B4A #87C74A #4AC5C7
square
#8A4AC7 #C74B4A #87C74A #4AC5C7
split-complementary
#8A4AC7 #C5C74A #4AC74B
monochromatic
#4C2473 #6B32A2 #8A4AC7 #A879D5 #C6A7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41
#8A4AC7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88
#8A4AC7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AC7
5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A4AC7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A4AC71.005.413.885.41
#FFFFFF5.411.0021.001.00
#0000003.8821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.411.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#296AC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7F6482
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a4ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.189 304.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080d9',
    500: '#8a4ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a4ac7;
$custom-light: #b080d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a4ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54624,
    "c": 0.18871,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A4AC7
secondary
#B6D19C
accent
#DC4C92
background
#FBF8FD
surface
#F6EFFA
border
#D0CAD3
text
#110A15
muted
#807C83

Preview Lab

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#8A4AC7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva