#8A4CC9#8A4CC9

#8A4CC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.188 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CC9
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 201)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 49.88, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 74.46, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.1042 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.188 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6059, 14.7892, 56.8580)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CC9 #8BC94C

analogous

#4C4DC9 #8A4CC9 #C94CC9

triadic

#8A4CC9 #C98A4C #4CC98A

tetradic

#8A4CC9 #C94C4D #8BC94C #4CC9C9

square

#8A4CC9 #C94C4D #8BC94C #4CC9C9

split-complementary

#8A4CC9 #C9C94C #4DC94C

monochromatic

#4D2477 #6B32A6 #8A4CC9 #A97BD7 #C7AAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A4CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A4CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CC9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CC9	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.188 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b081da',
    500: '#8a4cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cc9;
$custom-light: #b081da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.76,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55034,
    "c": 0.18816,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CC9

secondary

#B9D39E

accent

#DD4B94

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CC9

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

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