#8A4CD3#8A4CD3

#8A4CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.199 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CD3
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 211)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 64%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 52.31, -59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 79.58, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.1035 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.199 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8207, 15.2752, 63.2561)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CD3 #95D34C

analogous

#4C52D3 #8A4CD3 #CE4CD3

triadic

#8A4CD3 #D38A4C #4CD38A

tetradic

#8A4CD3 #D34C52 #95D34C #4CD3CE

square

#8A4CD3 #D34C52 #95D34C #4CD3CE

split-complementary

#8A4CD3 #D3CE4C #52D34C

monochromatic

#4E2084 #6B2DB5 #8A4CD3 #AA7DDF #CAAEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#8A4CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A4CD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CD3

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CD3	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#146CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.199 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e1',
    500: '#8a4cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cd3;
$custom-light: #b182e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.556,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55726,
    "c": 0.19941,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CD3

secondary

#C0D9A2

accent

#E4449A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CD3

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

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