#8A4BB5#8A4BB5

#8A4BB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.167 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4BB5
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 181)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 58.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 45.67, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 64.79, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% 0.1058 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.167 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3362, 13.7720, 45.2414)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4BB5 #76B54B

analogous

#554BB5 #8A4BB5 #B54BAB

triadic

#8A4BB5 #B58A4B #4BB58A

tetradic

#8A4BB5 #B5554B #76B54B #4BABB5

square

#8A4BB5 #B5554B #76B54B #4BABB5

split-complementary

#8A4BB5 #ABB54B #4BB555

monochromatic

#48275F #69398A #8A4BB5 #A676C7 #C2A2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8A4BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A4BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4BB5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4BB5	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2565B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.167 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af80cc',
    500: '#8a4bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4bb5;
$custom-light: #af80cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.66,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53586,
    "c": 0.16707,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4BB5

secondary

#A9C696

accent

#D25688

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4BB5

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

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