#8A4EC5#8A4EC5

#8A4EC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.181 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EC5
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 197)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 60.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 47.87, -52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 71.24, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.102 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.181 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2814, 14.8834, 54.4588)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EC5 #89C54E

analogous

#4F4EC5 #8A4EC5 #C54EC5

triadic

#8A4EC5 #C58A4E #4EC58A

tetradic

#8A4EC5 #C54F4E #89C54E #4EC5C5

square

#8A4EC5 #C54F4E #89C54E #4EC5C5

split-complementary

#8A4EC5 #C5C54E #4EC54F

monochromatic

#4D2673 #6B35A1 #8A4EC5 #A87CD4 #C7AAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8A4EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A4EC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EC5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EC5	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E6AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.181 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b082d7',
    500: '#8a4ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ec5;
$custom-light: #b082d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55046,
    "c": 0.18076,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EC5

secondary

#B7D19E

accent

#DA4E93

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EC5

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

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