#8A4EAC#8A4EAC

#8A4EAC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.152 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EAC
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 172)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 54.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 42.01, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 58.37, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.1014 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.152 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6507, 13.8311, 40.6035)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EAC #70AC4E

analogous

#5B4EAC #8A4EAC #AC4E9F

triadic

#8A4EAC #AC8A4E #4EAC8A

tetradic

#8A4EAC #AC5B4E #70AC4E #4E9FAC

square

#8A4EAC #AC5B4E #70AC4E #4E9FAC

split-complementary

#8A4EAC #9FAC4E #4EAC5B

monochromatic

#462858 #683B82 #8A4EAC #A676C1 #C1A0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8A4EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A4EAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EAC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EAC	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3465AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4869AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.152 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82c5',
    500: '#8a4eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4eac;
$custom-light: #ae82c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53481,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EAC

secondary

#A5C195

accent

#CE5A84

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF8

border

#D0CAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EAC

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

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