#8A4CB1#8A4CB1

#8A4CB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.161 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB1
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 177)
HSL	hsl(277, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 57.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 44.22, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 62.15, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1044 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.161 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0000, 13.7469, 43.1336)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB1 #73B14C

analogous

#584CB1 #8A4CB1 #B14CA6

triadic

#8A4CB1 #B18A4C #4CB18A

tetradic

#8A4CB1 #B1584C #73B14C #4CA6B1

square

#8A4CB1 #B1584C #73B14C #4CA6B1

split-complementary

#8A4CB1 #A6B14C #4CB158

monochromatic

#47275B #693A86 #8A4CB1 #A676C4 #C2A1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A4CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A4CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB1	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4369AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.161 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81c9',
    500: '#8a4cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb1;
$custom-light: #af81c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.832,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53484,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB1

secondary

#A7C395

accent

#D05886

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB1

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

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