#8A4CB5#8A4CB5

#8A4CB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.166 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB5
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 181)
HSL	hsl(275, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 58%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, 45.14, -45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 64.19, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1045 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.166 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4045, 13.9087, 45.2642)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB5 #77B54C

analogous

#564CB5 #8A4CB5 #B54CAB

triadic

#8A4CB5 #B58A4C #4CB58A

tetradic

#8A4CB5 #B5564C #77B54C #4CABB5

square

#8A4CB5 #B5564C #77B54C #4CABB5

split-complementary

#8A4CB5 #ABB54C #4CB556

monochromatic

#48275F #69398B #8A4CB5 #A677C7 #C3A3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8A4CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8A4CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB5	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2766B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F69B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.166 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81cc',
    500: '#8a4cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb5;
$custom-light: #af81cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.429,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53731,
    "c": 0.16553,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB5

secondary

#AAC697

accent

#D15689

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB5

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

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