#8A4DD1#8A4DD1

#8A4DD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.196 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DD1
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 209)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 63.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 51.31, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 77.99, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1025 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.196 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6410, 15.3144, 61.9670)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DD1 #94D14D

analogous

#4D52D1 #8A4DD1 #CC4DD1

triadic

#8A4DD1 #D18A4D #4DD18A

tetradic

#8A4DD1 #D14D52 #94D14D #4DD1CC

square

#8A4DD1 #D14D52 #94D14D #4DD1CC

split-complementary

#8A4DD1 #D1CC4D #52D14D

monochromatic

#4E2282 #6B2EB3 #8A4DD1 #AA7EDE #CAAEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8A4DD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8A4DD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DD1

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DD1	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4dd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.196 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e0',
    500: '#8a4dd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4dd1;
$custom-light: #b182e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4dd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.727,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55722,
    "c": 0.19581,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DD1

secondary

#BFD8A2

accent

#E2469A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DD1

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

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