#8A4DEE#8A4DEE

#8A4DEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.228 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4DEE
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 67.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 58.56, -71.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 92.72, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0993 -0.2055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.228 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5636, 16.8834, 82.6262)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4DEE #B1EE4D

analogous

#4D61EE #8A4DEE #DB4DEE

triadic

#8A4DEE #EE8A4D #4DEE8A

tetradic

#8A4DEE #EE4D61 #B1EE4D #4DEEDB

square

#8A4DEE #EE4D61 #B1EE4D #4DEEDB

split-complementary

#8A4DEE #EEDB4D #61EE4D

monochromatic

#4D11B0 #6616E8 #8A4DEE #AF85F3 #D3BDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A4DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A4DEE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4DEE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4DEE	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.228 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383f5',
    500: '#8a4dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4dee;
$custom-light: #b383f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.733,
    "s": 82.564,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57843,
    "c": 0.22818,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4DEE

secondary

#D3E9AE

accent

#DF078D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6EFFE

border

#D0CAD6

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4DEE

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

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