#8A4CB4#8A4CB4

#8A4CB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.164 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB4
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 57.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 44.91, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 63.68, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.1045 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.164 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3023, 13.8678, 44.7257)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB4 #76B44C

analogous

#564CB4 #8A4CB4 #B44CAA

triadic

#8A4CB4 #B48A4C #4CB48A

tetradic

#8A4CB4 #B4564C #76B44C #4CAAB4

square

#8A4CB4 #B4564C #76B44C #4CAAB4

split-complementary

#8A4CB4 #AAB44C #4CB456

monochromatic

#48275E #693A89 #8A4CB4 #A677C6 #C2A2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A4CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A4CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB4	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2865B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4069B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.164 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81cb',
    500: '#8a4cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb4;
$custom-light: #af81cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53668,
    "c": 0.16441,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB4

secondary

#A9C597

accent

#D15788

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB4

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

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