#8A4DB1#8A4DB1

#8A4DB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.159 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DB1
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 177)
HSL	hsl(277, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 56.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 43.69, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 61.54, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1031 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.159 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0694, 13.8858, 43.1567)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DB1 #74B14D

analogous

#584DB1 #8A4DB1 #B14DA6

triadic

#8A4DB1 #B18A4D #4DB18A

tetradic

#8A4DB1 #B1584D #74B14D #4DA6B1

square

#8A4DB1 #B1584D #74B14D #4DA6B1

split-complementary

#8A4DB1 #A6B14D #4DB158

monochromatic

#47285C #693A86 #8A4DB1 #A677C4 #C2A2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8A4DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8A4DB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DB1

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DB1	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4469AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.159 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81c9',
    500: '#8a4db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4db1;
$custom-light: #af81c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.6,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53631,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DB1

secondary

#A8C496

accent

#CF5987

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DB1

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

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