#8A4EC8#8A4EC8

#8A4EC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.184 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EC8
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 61%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 48.60, -54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 72.79, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1019 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.184 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6286, 15.0222, 56.2871)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EC8 #8CC84E

analogous

#4E4FC8 #8A4EC8 #C74EC8

triadic

#8A4EC8 #C88A4E #4EC88A

tetradic

#8A4EC8 #C84E4F #8CC84E #4EC8C7

square

#8A4EC8 #C84E4F #8CC84E #4EC8C7

split-complementary

#8A4EC8 #C8C74E #4FC84E

monochromatic

#4D2577 #6B33A5 #8A4EC8 #A97DD7 #C8ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#8A4EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8A4EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EC8

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EC8	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#026BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.184 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b082d9',
    500: '#8a4ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ec8;
$custom-light: #b082d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55246,
    "c": 0.1842,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EC8

secondary

#B9D39F

accent

#DC4C95

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EC8

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

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