#8A4CE6#8A4CE6

#8A4CE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.221 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4CE6
RGB	rgb(138, 76, 230)
HSL	hsl(264, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 67%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 57.03, -68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 89.23, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1014 -0.1959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.221 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3449, 16.2849, 76.5502)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4CE6 #A8E64C

analogous

#4C5BE6 #8A4CE6 #D74CE6

triadic

#8A4CE6 #E68A4C #4CE68A

tetradic

#8A4CE6 #E64C5B #A8E64C #4CE6D7

square

#8A4CE6 #E64C5B #A8E64C #4CE6D7

split-complementary

#8A4CE6 #E6D74C #5BE64C

monochromatic

#4E17A1 #681ED7 #8A4CE6 #AD82ED #D0B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8A4CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A4CE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4CE6

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4CE6	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 76, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.221 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b382ef',
    500: '#8a4ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ce6;
$custom-light: #b382ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.156,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5711,
    "c": 0.22055,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4CE6

secondary

#CDE5A9

accent

#F236A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4CE6

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

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