#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
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 54.55, -62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 83.23, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1052 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.208 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3217, 15.2585, 66.5636)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8A4AD8	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8A4AD8

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

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