#8A4DB3#8A4DB3

#8A4DB3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.162 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DB3
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 179)
HSL	hsl(276, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 57%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 44.15, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 62.57, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.1031 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.162 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2702, 13.9661, 44.2143)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DB3 #76B34D

analogous

#574DB3 #8A4DB3 #B34DA9

triadic

#8A4DB3 #B38A4D #4DB38A

tetradic

#8A4DB3 #B3574D #76B34D #4DA9B3

square

#8A4DB3 #B3574D #76B34D #4DA9B3

split-complementary

#8A4DB3 #A9B34D #4DB357

monochromatic

#48285E #693A89 #8A4DB3 #A678C5 #C2A3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A4DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A4DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DB3

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DB3	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.162 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af81ca',
    500: '#8a4db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4db3;
$custom-light: #af81ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.882,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53753,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DB3

secondary

#A9C597

accent

#D05888

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DB3

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

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