#8A4CD9#8A4CD9

#8A4CD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.206 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CD9
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 65%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 53.79, -62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 82.64, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.103 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.206 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.5870, 15.5817, 67.2917)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CD9 #9BD94C

analogous

#4C54D9 #8A4CD9 #D14CD9

triadic

#8A4CD9 #D98A4C #4CD98A

tetradic

#8A4CD9 #D94C54 #9BD94C #4CD9D1

square

#8A4CD9 #D94C54 #9BD94C #4CD9D1

split-complementary

#8A4CD9 #D9D14C #54D94C

monochromatic

#4F1E8D #6B29BF #8A4CD9 #AB7EE4 #CCB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8A4CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8A4CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CD9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CD9	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.206 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e6',
    500: '#8a4cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4cd9;
$custom-light: #b282e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.383,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56154,
    "c": 0.20612,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CD9

secondary

#C4DDA4

accent

#E8409E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CD9

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

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