#8A4AD4#8A4AD4

#8A4AD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.203 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4AD4
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 53.56, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 81.20, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1057 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.203 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8108, 15.0542, 63.8732)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4AD4 #94D44A

analogous

#4A4FD4 #8A4AD4 #CF4AD4

triadic

#8A4AD4 #D48A4A #4AD48A

tetradic

#8A4AD4 #D44A4F #94D44A #4AD4CF

square

#8A4AD4 #D44A4F #94D44A #4AD4CF

split-complementary

#8A4AD4 #D4CF4A #4FD44A

monochromatic

#4E1F84 #6B2BB6 #8A4AD4 #AA7BE0 #CAADEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8A4AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8A4AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AD4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4AD4	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.203 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e2',
    500: '#8a4ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ad4;
$custom-light: #b180e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55531,
    "c": 0.20317,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4AD4

secondary

#BFD9A0

accent

#E5439A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4AD4

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

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