#8A4DD9#8A4DD9

#8A4DD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.205 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DD9
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 53.29, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 82.08, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1019 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.205 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6564, 15.7205, 67.3149)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DD9 #9CD94D

analogous

#4D56D9 #8A4DD9 #D04DD9

triadic

#8A4DD9 #D98A4D #4DD98A

tetradic

#8A4DD9 #D94D56 #9CD94D #4DD9D0

square

#8A4DD9 #D94D56 #9CD94D #4DD9D0

split-complementary

#8A4DD9 #D9D04D #56D94D

monochromatic

#4F1E8D #6B29C0 #8A4DD9 #AB7FE4 #CCB2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#8A4DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8A4DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DD9

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DD9	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.205 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182e6',
    500: '#8a4dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4dd9;
$custom-light: #b182e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56287,
    "c": 0.20482,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DD9

secondary

#C5DDA5

accent

#E8409F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DD9

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

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