#8A4BB1#8A4BB1

#8A4BB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.163 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4BB1
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 177)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 57.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.67, 44.75, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.67, 62.75, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1057 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.163 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9316, 13.6102, 43.1108)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4BB1 #72B14B

analogous

#574BB1 #8A4BB1 #B14BA5

triadic

#8A4BB1 #B18A4B #4BB18A

tetradic

#8A4BB1 #B1574B #72B14B #4BA5B1

square

#8A4BB1 #B1574B #72B14B #4BA5B1

split-complementary

#8A4BB1 #A5B14B #4BB157

monochromatic

#47275B #683986 #8A4BB1 #A675C4 #C2A0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8A4BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8A4BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4BB1

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4BB1	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A64B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4268AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.163 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af80c9',
    500: '#8a4bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4bb1;
$custom-light: #af80c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53338,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4BB1

secondary

#A6C394

accent

#D05786

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4BB1

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

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