#8A4DD8#8A4DD8

#8A4DD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.204 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DD8
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 216)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 64.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 53.04, -61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 81.57, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.102 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.204 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.5267, 15.6687, 66.6319)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DD8 #9BD84D

analogous

#4D56D8 #8A4DD8 #CF4DD8

triadic

#8A4DD8 #D88A4D #4DD88A

tetradic

#8A4DD8 #D84D56 #9BD84D #4DD8CF

square

#8A4DD8 #D84D56 #9BD84D #4DD8CF

split-complementary

#8A4DD8 #D8CF4D #56D84D

monochromatic

#4F1F8C #6B2ABE #8A4DD8 #AB7FE3 #CCB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8A4DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8A4DD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DD8

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DD8	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.204 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e5',
    500: '#8a4dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4dd8;
$custom-light: #b182e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.331,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56215,
    "c": 0.20369,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DD8

secondary

#C4DCA4

accent

#E7419E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DD8

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

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