#8A4DD3#8A4DD3

#8A4DD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.198 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DD3
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 211)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 63.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 51.80, -59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 79.02, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1024 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.198 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8902, 15.4140, 63.2793)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DD3 #96D34D

analogous

#4D53D3 #8A4DD3 #CD4DD3

triadic

#8A4DD3 #D38A4D #4DD38A

tetradic

#8A4DD3 #D34D53 #96D34D #4DD3CD

square

#8A4DD3 #D34D53 #96D34D #4DD3CD

split-complementary

#8A4DD3 #D3CD4D #53D34D

monochromatic

#4E2185 #6B2DB6 #8A4DD3 #AA7EDF #CBAFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8A4DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8A4DD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DD3

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DD3	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.198 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e1',
    500: '#8a4dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4dd3;
$custom-light: #b182e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.313,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55861,
    "c": 0.19806,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DD3

secondary

#C0D9A2

accent

#E4449B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DD3

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

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