#8A4BAD#8A4BAD

#8A4BAD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.158 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4BAD
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 173)
HSL	hsl(279, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 43.84, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 60.71, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1055 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.158 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5388, 13.4530, 41.0418)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4BAD #6EAD4B

analogous

#594BAD #8A4BAD #AD4B9F

triadic

#8A4BAD #AD8A4B #4BAD8A

tetradic

#8A4BAD #AD594B #6EAD4B #4B9FAD

square

#8A4BAD #AD594B #6EAD4B #4B9FAD

split-complementary

#8A4BAD #9FAD4B #4BAD59

monochromatic

#462658 #683882 #8A4BAD #A673C2 #C19ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A4BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A4BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4BAD

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4BAD	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E63B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4468AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.158 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af80c6',
    500: '#8a4bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4bad;
$custom-light: #af80c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53094,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4BAD

secondary

#A3C192

accent

#CF5883

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4BAD

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

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