#8A4AC9#8A4AC9

#8A4AC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.191 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4AC9
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 201)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 63.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 50.90, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 75.60, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1065 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.191 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4702, 14.5179, 56.8128)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4AC9 #89C94A

analogous

#4B4AC9 #8A4AC9 #C94AC9

triadic

#8A4AC9 #C98A4A #4AC98A

tetradic

#8A4AC9 #C94B4A #89C94A #4AC9C9

square

#8A4AC9 #C94B4A #89C94A #4AC9C9

split-complementary

#8A4AC9 #C9C94A #4AC94B

monochromatic

#4D2376 #6B31A5 #8A4AC9 #A879D7 #C7A8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8A4AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8A4AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AC9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4AC9	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#266AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.191 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080da',
    500: '#8a4ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ac9;
$custom-light: #b080da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.236,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5476,
    "c": 0.19094,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4AC9

secondary

#B7D29C

accent

#DD4A93

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4AC9

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

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