#8A4CE3#8A4CE3

#8A4CE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.217 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CE3
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 227)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 56.28, -67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 87.71, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1018 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.217 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9273, 16.1178, 74.3505)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CE3 #A5E34C

analogous

#4C5AE3 #8A4CE3 #D64CE3

triadic

#8A4CE3 #E38A4C #4CE38A

tetradic

#8A4CE3 #E34C5A #A5E34C #4CE3D6

square

#8A4CE3 #E34C5A #A5E34C #4CE3D6

split-complementary

#8A4CE3 #E3D64C #5AE34C

monochromatic

#4F189C #6921D1 #8A4CE3 #AD81EB #CFB6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A4CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8A4CE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CE3

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CE3	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.217 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282ed',
    500: '#8a4ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ce3;
$custom-light: #b282ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.636,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56886,
    "c": 0.21724,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CE3

secondary

#CBE3A8

accent

#F038A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CE3

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

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