#8A4DD6#8A4DD6

#8A4DD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.201 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DD6
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 214)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 64%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 52.54, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 80.55, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1022 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.201 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2698, 15.5659, 65.2785)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DD6 #99D64D

analogous

#4D55D6 #8A4DD6 #CE4DD6

triadic

#8A4DD6 #D68A4D #4DD68A

tetradic

#8A4DD6 #D64D55 #99D64D #4DD6CE

square

#8A4DD6 #D64D55 #99D64D #4DD6CE

split-complementary

#8A4DD6 #D6CE4D #55D64D

monochromatic

#4F2089 #6B2BBB #8A4DD6 #AB7FE1 #CBB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8A4DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A4DD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DD6

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DD6	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D6DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.201 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e3',
    500: '#8a4dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4dd6;
$custom-light: #b182e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.715,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56073,
    "c": 0.20145,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DD6

secondary

#C2DBA4

accent

#E6429D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DD6

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

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