#8A4EC9#8A4EC9

#8A4EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.185 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EC9
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 201)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 48.84, -54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 73.31, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.1018 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.185 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7458, 15.0691, 56.9047)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EC9 #8DC94E

analogous

#4E50C9 #8A4EC9 #C74EC9

triadic

#8A4EC9 #C98A4E #4EC98A

tetradic

#8A4EC9 #C94E50 #8DC94E #4EC9C7

square

#8A4EC9 #C94E50 #8DC94E #4EC9C7

split-complementary

#8A4EC9 #C9C74E #50C94E

monochromatic

#4D2578 #6B33A7 #8A4EC9 #A97DD7 #C8ACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8A4EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8A4EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EC9

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EC9	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.185 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b083da',
    500: '#8a4ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ec9;
$custom-light: #b083da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.268,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55313,
    "c": 0.18533,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EC9

secondary

#BAD39F

accent

#DD4B96

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EC9

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

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