#8A4CB9#8A4CB9

#8A4CB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.170 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CB9
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 185)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 58.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 46.07, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 66.25, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1046 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.17 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8209, 14.0752, 47.4568)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CB9 #7BB94C

analogous

#534CB9 #8A4CB9 #B94CB1

triadic

#8A4CB9 #B98A4C #4CB98A

tetradic

#8A4CB9 #B9534C #7BB94C #4CB1B9

square

#8A4CB9 #B9534C #7BB94C #4CB1B9

split-complementary

#8A4CB9 #B1B94C #4CB953

monochromatic

#492764 #6A3890 #8A4CB9 #A778CA #C4A4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8A4CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8A4CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CB9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CB9	1.00	5.50	3.81	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2166BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83617B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.170 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81cf',
    500: '#8a4cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cb9;
$custom-light: #af81cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.128,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53982,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CB9

secondary

#ADC898

accent

#D4548B

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CB9

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

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