#8A4BAC#8A4BAC

#8A4BAC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.157 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4BAC
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 172)
HSL	hsl(279, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 56.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 43.62, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 60.20, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1055 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.157 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4424, 13.4145, 40.5341)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4BAC #6DAC4B

analogous

#594BAC #8A4BAC #AC4B9D

triadic

#8A4BAC #AC8A4B #4BAC8A

tetradic

#8A4BAC #AC594B #6DAC4B #4B9DAC

square

#8A4BAC #AC594B #6DAC4B #4B9DAC

split-complementary

#8A4BAC #9DAC4B #4BAC59

monochromatic

#462657 #683881 #8A4BAC #A672C2 #C19DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8A4BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A4BAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4BAC

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4BAC	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F63AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4568AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.157 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af80c5',
    500: '#8a4bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4bac;
$custom-light: #af80c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.969,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53034,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4BAC

secondary

#A2C192

accent

#CF5982

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4BAC

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

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