#8A4CD6#8A4CD6

#8A4CD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.203 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CD6
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 214)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 53.05, -61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 81.11, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1033 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.203 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2003, 15.4270, 65.2553)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CD6 #98D64C

analogous

#4C53D6 #8A4CD6 #CF4CD6

triadic

#8A4CD6 #D68A4C #4CD68A

tetradic

#8A4CD6 #D64C53 #98D64C #4CD6CF

square

#8A4CD6 #D64C53 #98D64C #4CD6CF

split-complementary

#8A4CD6 #D6CF4C #53D64C

monochromatic

#4E1F88 #6B2BBA #8A4CD6 #AB7EE1 #CBB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8A4CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8A4CD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CD6

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CD6	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.203 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e3',
    500: '#8a4cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cd6;
$custom-light: #b182e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55939,
    "c": 0.20277,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CD6

secondary

#C2DBA3

accent

#E6429C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CD6

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

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