#8A4DB0#8A4DB0

#8A4DB0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.158 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DB0
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 176)
HSL	hsl(277, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 56.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 43.46, -42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 61.03, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.57% 0.103 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(53.57% 0.158 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9701, 13.8460, 42.6337)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DB0 #73B04D

analogous

#594DB0 #8A4DB0 #B04DA4

triadic

#8A4DB0 #B08A4D #4DB08A

tetradic

#8A4DB0 #B0594D #73B04D #4DA4B0

square

#8A4DB0 #B0594D #73B04D #4DA4B0

split-complementary

#8A4DB0 #A4B04D #4DB059

monochromatic

#47285B #693A85 #8A4DB0 #A677C3 #C2A1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A4DB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A4DB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DB0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DB0	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4469AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4db0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.158 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81c8',
    500: '#8a4db0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4db0;
$custom-light: #af81c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4db0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.97,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5357,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DB0

secondary

#A7C396

accent

#CF5986

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DB0

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

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