#8A4DE1#8A4DE1

#8A4DE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.214 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DE1
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 225)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 55.28, -66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 86.16, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.101 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.214 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7223, 16.1469, 72.9283)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DE1 #A4E14D

analogous

#4D5AE1 #8A4DE1 #D44DE1

triadic

#8A4DE1 #E18A4D #4DE18A

tetradic

#8A4DE1 #E14D5A #A4E14D #4DE1D4

square

#8A4DE1 #E14D5A #A4E14D #4DE1D4

split-complementary

#8A4DE1 #E1D44D #5AE14D

monochromatic

#4F1A9A #6923CE #8A4DE1 #AC81EA #CFB6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A4DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A4DE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DE1

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DE1	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.214 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283eb',
    500: '#8a4de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4de1;
$custom-light: #b283eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.73,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56868,
    "c": 0.21377,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DE1

secondary

#CAE2A8

accent

#EE3AA4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DE1

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

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