#8A4EC1#8A4EC1

#8A4EC1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.176 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EC1
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 193)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 59.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 46.91, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 69.18, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.102 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.176 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8292, 14.7025, 52.0769)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EC1 #85C14E

analogous

#504EC1 #8A4EC1 #C14EBF

triadic

#8A4EC1 #C18A4E #4EC18A

tetradic

#8A4EC1 #C1504E #85C14E #4EBFC1

square

#8A4EC1 #C1504E #85C14E #4EBFC1

split-complementary

#8A4EC1 #BFC14E #4EC150

monochromatic

#4C276E #6B369B #8A4EC1 #A87BD1 #C6A9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8A4EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8A4EC1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EC1

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EC1	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1969C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.176 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b082d4',
    500: '#8a4ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ec1;
$custom-light: #b082d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54784,
    "c": 0.17619,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EC1

secondary

#B4CE9D

accent

#D85091

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EC1

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

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