#8A4CB7#8A4CB7

#8A4CB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.168 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB7
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 183)
HSL	hsl(275, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 58.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 45.60, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 65.22, 314.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1045 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.168 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6112, 13.9914, 46.3527)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB7 #79B74C

analogous

#544CB7 #8A4CB7 #B74CAE

triadic

#8A4CB7 #B78A4C #4CB78A

tetradic

#8A4CB7 #B7544C #79B74C #4CAEB7

square

#8A4CB7 #B7544C #79B74C #4CAEB7

split-complementary

#8A4CB7 #AEB74C #4CB754

monochromatic

#492761 #6A398D #8A4CB7 #A778C9 #C3A3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8A4CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8A4CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB7	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2466BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84607A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.168 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81cd',
    500: '#8a4cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb7;
$custom-light: #af81cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.766,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53856,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB7

secondary

#ACC798

accent

#D2558A

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB7

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

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