#8A4CB2#8A4CB2

#8A4CB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.162 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB2
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 178)
HSL	hsl(276, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 57.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 44.45, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 62.66, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1044 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.162 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1000, 13.7869, 43.6604)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB2 #74B24C

analogous

#574CB2 #8A4CB2 #B24CA7

triadic

#8A4CB2 #B28A4C #4CB28A

tetradic

#8A4CB2 #B2574C #74B24C #4CA7B2

square

#8A4CB2 #B2574C #74B24C #4CA7B2

split-complementary

#8A4CB2 #A7B24C #4CB257

monochromatic

#47275C #693A87 #8A4CB2 #A676C5 #C2A1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8A4CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8A4CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB2	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.162 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81c9',
    500: '#8a4cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb2;
$custom-light: #af81c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53545,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB2

secondary

#A8C496

accent

#D05887

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB2

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

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