#8A4AD7#8A4AD7

#8A4AD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.206 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A4AD7
RGBrgb(138, 74, 215)
HSLhsl(267, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(267, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(35.8%, 65.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(45.92, 54.30, -62.41)
CIE-LCHlch(45.92, 82.73, 311.02°)
OKLaboklab(55.75% 0.1053 -0.1776)
OKLCHoklch(55.75% 0.206 300.7)
XYZxyz(25.1928, 15.2070, 65.8848)
Luminance0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A4AD7 #97D74A
analogous
#4A51D7 #8A4AD7 #D14AD7
triadic
#8A4AD7 #D78A4A #4AD78A
tetradic
#8A4AD7 #D74A51 #97D74A #4AD7D1
square
#8A4AD7 #D74A51 #97D74A #4AD7D1
split-complementary
#8A4AD7 #D7D14A #51D74A
monochromatic
#4E1E88 #6B29BB #8A4AD7 #AA7CE2 #CBAEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20
#8A4AD7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04
#8A4AD7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AD7
5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A4AD7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A4AD71.005.204.045.20
#FFFFFF5.201.0021.001.00
#0000004.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006CDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006CD4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#796A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a4ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.206 300.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e4',
    500: '#8a4ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a4ad7;
$custom-light: #b180e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a4ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.234,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55747,
    "c": 0.20649,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A4AD7
secondary
#C1DBA2
accent
#E7419C
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFC
border
#D0CAD5
text
#110A16
muted
#807C84

Preview Lab

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#8A4AD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva