#8A4CE0#8A4CE0

#8A4CE0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.214 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CE0
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 224)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 66.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 55.53, -65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 86.20, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1022 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.214 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5168, 15.9536, 72.1889)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CE0 #A2E04C

analogous

#4C58E0 #8A4CE0 #D44CE0

triadic

#8A4CE0 #E08A4C #4CE08A

tetradic

#8A4CE0 #E04C58 #A2E04C #4CE0D4

square

#8A4CE0 #E04C58 #A2E04C #4CE0D4

split-complementary

#8A4CE0 #E0D44C #58E04C

monochromatic

#4F1A97 #6A23CC #8A4CE0 #AC80E9 #CEB4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#8A4CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#8A4CE0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CE0

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CE0	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.214 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282eb',
    500: '#8a4ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ce0;
$custom-light: #b282eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.135,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56664,
    "c": 0.21391,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CE0

secondary

#C9E1A7

accent

#ED3BA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CE0

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