#8A4DB9#8A4DB9

#8A4DB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.169 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DB9
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 185)
HSL	hsl(274, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 58.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 45.54, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 65.65, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1033 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.169 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8903, 14.2141, 47.4799)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DB9 #7CB94D

analogous

#544DB9 #8A4DB9 #B94DB2

triadic

#8A4DB9 #B98A4D #4DB98A

tetradic

#8A4DB9 #B9544D #7CB94D #4DB2B9

square

#8A4DB9 #B9544D #7CB94D #4DB2B9

split-complementary

#8A4DB9 #B2B94D #4DB954

monochromatic

#4A2764 #6A3990 #8A4DB9 #A779CA #C4A5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8A4DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A4DB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DB9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DB9	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2467BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83617C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.169 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af82ce',
    500: '#8a4db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4db9;
$custom-light: #af82ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.889,
    "s": 43.548,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54127,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DB9

secondary

#AEC999

accent

#D3558C

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DB9

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

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