#8A4DDA#8A4DDA

#8A4DDA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.206 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A4DDA
RGBrgb(138, 77, 218)
HSLhsl(266, 66%, 58%)
HSVhsv(266, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(36.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(46.67, 53.54, -62.90)
CIE-LCHlch(46.67, 82.59, 310.40°)
OKLaboklab(56.36% 0.1018 -0.179)
OKLCHoklch(56.36% 0.206 299.6)
XYZxyz(25.7869, 15.7727, 68.0019)
Luminance0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A4DDA #9DDA4D
analogous
#4D57DA #8A4DDA #D04DDA
triadic
#8A4DDA #DA8A4D #4DDA8A
tetradic
#8A4DDA #DA4D57 #9DDA4D #4DDAD0
square
#8A4DDA #DA4D57 #9DDA4D #4DDAD0
split-complementary
#8A4DDA #DAD04D #57DA4D
monochromatic
#4F1E8F #6B28C2 #8A4DDA #AB80E5 #CDB2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05
#8A4DDA on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15
#8A4DDA on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DDA
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A4DDA#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A4DDA1.005.054.155.05
#FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00
#0000004.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006EDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006DD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#786D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a4dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.206 299.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e6',
    500: '#8a4dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a4dda;
$custom-light: #b282e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a4dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.957,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.20594,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A4DDA
secondary
#C5DEA5
accent
#E93F9F
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFC
border
#D0CAD5
text
#110B16
muted
#807C84

Preview Lab

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#8A4DDA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva