#8A4DC9#8A4DC9

#8A4DC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.187 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DC9
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 201)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 61.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 49.36, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 73.89, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.103 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.187 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6753, 14.9281, 56.8812)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DC9 #8CC94D

analogous

#4D4EC9 #8A4DC9 #C84DC9

triadic

#8A4DC9 #C98A4D #4DC98A

tetradic

#8A4DC9 #C94D4E #8CC94D #4DC9C8

square

#8A4DC9 #C94D4E #8CC94D #4DC9C8

split-complementary

#8A4DC9 #C9C84D #4EC94D

monochromatic

#4D2477 #6B32A6 #8A4DC9 #A97CD7 #C8ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A4DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A4DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DC9

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DC9	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.187 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b082da',
    500: '#8a4dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4dc9;
$custom-light: #b082da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.516,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55173,
    "c": 0.18675,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DC9

secondary

#B9D39F

accent

#DD4B95

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DC9

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

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