#8A4EC4#8A4EC4

#8A4EC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.180 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EC4
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 196)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, 47.63, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 70.73, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.102 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.18 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1672, 14.8377, 53.8573)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EC4 #88C44E

analogous

#4F4EC4 #8A4EC4 #C44EC3

triadic

#8A4EC4 #C48A4E #4EC48A

tetradic

#8A4EC4 #C44F4E #88C44E #4EC3C4

square

#8A4EC4 #C44F4E #88C44E #4EC3C4

split-complementary

#8A4EC4 #C3C44E #4EC44F

monochromatic

#4C2672 #6B35A0 #8A4EC4 #A87CD3 #C7AAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8A4EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8A4EC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EC4

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EC4	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.180 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b082d6',
    500: '#8a4ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ec4;
$custom-light: #b082d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5498,
    "c": 0.17962,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EC4

secondary

#B6D09E

accent

#DA4E93

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EC4

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

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