#8A4AD8#8A4AD8

#8A4AD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.208 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A4AD8
RGBrgb(138, 74, 216)
HSLhsl(267, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(36.1%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(45.99, 54.55, -62.87)
CIE-LCHlch(45.99, 83.23, 310.94°)
OKLaboklab(55.82% 0.1052 -0.1789)
OKLCHoklch(55.82% 0.208 300.5)
XYZxyz(25.3217, 15.2585, 66.5636)
Luminance0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A4AD8 #98D84A
analogous
#4A51D8 #8A4AD8 #D14AD8
triadic
#8A4AD8 #D88A4A #4AD88A
tetradic
#8A4AD8 #D84A51 #98D84A #4AD8D1
square
#8A4AD8 #D84A51 #98D84A #4AD8D1
split-complementary
#8A4AD8 #D8D14A #51D84A
monochromatic
#4E1E8A #6B29BC #8A4AD8 #AB7CE3 #CBAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18
#8A4AD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05
#8A4AD8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AD8
5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A4AD8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A4AD81.005.184.055.18
#FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00
#0000004.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006CDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006CD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#796A8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a4ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.208 300.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280e5',
    500: '#8a4ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a4ad8;
$custom-light: #b280e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a4ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.042,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55819,
    "c": 0.20759,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A4AD8
secondary
#C2DCA2
accent
#E8409C
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFC
border
#D0CAD5
text
#110A16
muted
#807C84

Preview Lab

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#8A4AD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva