#8A4BD1#8A4BD1

#8A4BD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.199 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4BD1
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 209)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 64.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 52.33, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 79.12, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1048 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.199 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5032, 15.0388, 61.9211)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4BD1 #92D14B

analogous

#4B4FD1 #8A4BD1 #CD4BD1

triadic

#8A4BD1 #D18A4B #4BD18A

tetradic

#8A4BD1 #D14B4F #92D14B #4BD1CD

square

#8A4BD1 #D14B4F #92D14B #4BD1CD

split-complementary

#8A4BD1 #D1CD4B #4FD14B

monochromatic

#4E2181 #6B2DB1 #8A4BD1 #AA7CDD #C9ACEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8A4BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8A4BD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4BD1

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4BD1	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.199 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181e0',
    500: '#8a4bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4bd1;
$custom-light: #b181e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.209,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55451,
    "c": 0.19851,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4BD1

secondary

#BED8A0

accent

#E24599

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4BD1

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

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