#8A4CD1#8A4CD1

#8A4CD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.197 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CD1
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 209)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 63.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 51.82, -59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 78.56, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1037 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.197 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5716, 15.1755, 61.9439)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CD1 #93D14C

analogous

#4C50D1 #8A4CD1 #CC4CD1

triadic

#8A4CD1 #D18A4C #4CD18A

tetradic

#8A4CD1 #D14C50 #93D14C #4CD1CC

square

#8A4CD1 #D14C50 #93D14C #4CD1CC

split-complementary

#8A4CD1 #D1CC4C #50D14C

monochromatic

#4E2181 #6B2EB2 #8A4CD1 #AA7DDE #CAADEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8A4CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8A4CD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CD1

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CD1	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.197 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b181e0',
    500: '#8a4cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cd1;
$custom-light: #b181e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.97,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55586,
    "c": 0.19716,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CD1

secondary

#BED8A1

accent

#E24699

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CD1

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

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