#8A4BDA#8A4BDA

#8A4BDA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.209 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4BDA
RGB	rgb(138, 75, 218)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 54.54, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 83.70, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1039 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.209 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6491, 15.4971, 67.9560)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4BDA #9BDA4B

analogous

#4B53DA #8A4BDA #D24BDA

triadic

#8A4BDA #DA8A4B #4BDA8A

tetradic

#8A4BDA #DA4B53 #9BDA4B #4BDAD2

square

#8A4BDA #DA4B53 #9BDA4B #4BDAD2

split-complementary

#8A4BDA #DAD24B #53DA4B

monochromatic

#4F1D8E #6B28C0 #8A4BDA #AB7EE4 #CCB1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8A4BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8A4BDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4BDA

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4BDA	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 75, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.209 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b281e6',
    500: '#8a4bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4bda;
$custom-light: #b281e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.434,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56094,
    "c": 0.20852,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4BDA

secondary

#C4DDA4

accent

#E93F9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4BDA

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

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