#8A4BB9#8A4BB9

#8A4BB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.172 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4BB9
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 185)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 59.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 46.60, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 66.84, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1058 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.172 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7525, 13.9385, 47.4340)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4BB9 #7AB94B

analogous

#534BB9 #8A4BB9 #B94BB1

triadic

#8A4BB9 #B98A4B #4BB98A

tetradic

#8A4BB9 #B9534B #7AB94B #4BB1B9

square

#8A4BB9 #B9534B #7AB94B #4BB1B9

split-complementary

#8A4BB9 #B1B94B #4BB953

monochromatic

#492763 #6A388F #8A4BB9 #A777CA #C3A3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A4BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A4BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4BB9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4BB9	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F66BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B69B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.172 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af80cf',
    500: '#8a4bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4bb9;
$custom-light: #af80cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.364,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53839,
    "c": 0.17157,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4BB9

secondary

#ACC898

accent

#D4548B

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4BB9

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

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