#8A4ADA#8A4ADA

#8A4ADA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.210 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4ADA
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 55.04, -63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 84.25, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.105 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.21 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.5818, 15.3626, 67.9336)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4ADA #9ADA4A

analogous

#4A52DA #8A4ADA #D24ADA

triadic

#8A4ADA #DA8A4A #4ADA8A

tetradic

#8A4ADA #DA4A52 #9ADA4A #4ADAD2

square

#8A4ADA #DA4A52 #9ADA4A #4ADAD2

split-complementary

#8A4ADA #DAD24A #52DA4A

monochromatic

#4F1D8D #6B27C0 #8A4ADA #AB7DE4 #CCB0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8A4ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8A4ADA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4ADA

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4ADA	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.210 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e6',
    500: '#8a4ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ada;
$custom-light: #b281e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55964,
    "c": 0.2098,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4ADA

secondary

#C3DDA3

accent

#E93F9D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4ADA

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

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