#8A4CB6#8A4CB6

#8A4CB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.167 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB6
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 182)
HSL	hsl(275, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 58.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 45.37, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 64.71, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.1045 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.167 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5075, 13.9499, 45.8065)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB6 #78B64C

analogous

#554CB6 #8A4CB6 #B64CAD

triadic

#8A4CB6 #B68A4C #4CB68A

tetradic

#8A4CB6 #B6554C #78B64C #4CADB6

square

#8A4CB6 #B6554C #78B64C #4CADB6

split-complementary

#8A4CB6 #ADB64C #4CB655

monochromatic

#492760 #69398C #8A4CB6 #A677C8 #C3A3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A4CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A4CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB6	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2666B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.167 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81cc',
    500: '#8a4cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb6;
$custom-light: #af81cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53793,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB6

secondary

#ABC697

accent

#D25689

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB6

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

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