#8A4CB0#8A4CB0

#8A4CB0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.160 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB0
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 176)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 56.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 43.99, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 61.64, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1043 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.16 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9007, 13.7072, 42.6106)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB0 #72B04C

analogous

#584CB0 #8A4CB0 #B04CA4

triadic

#8A4CB0 #B08A4C #4CB08A

tetradic

#8A4CB0 #B0584C #72B04C #4CA4B0

square

#8A4CB0 #B0584C #72B04C #4CA4B0

split-complementary

#8A4CB0 #A4B04C #4CB058

monochromatic

#47275B #683A85 #8A4CB0 #A676C4 #C2A0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A4CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A4CB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB0

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB0	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4369AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.160 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81c8',
    500: '#8a4cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb0;
$custom-light: #af81c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53423,
    "c": 0.15989,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB0

secondary

#A6C395

accent

#D05886

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB0

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

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