#8A4ED1#8A4ED1

#8A4ED1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.194 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4ED1
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 209)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 62.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 50.80, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 77.42, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1014 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.194 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7115, 15.4554, 61.9905)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4ED1 #95D14E

analogous

#4E54D1 #8A4ED1 #CC4ED1

triadic

#8A4ED1 #D18A4E #4ED18A

tetradic

#8A4ED1 #D14E54 #95D14E #4ED1CC

square

#8A4ED1 #D14E54 #95D14E #4ED1CC

split-complementary

#8A4ED1 #D1CC4E #54D14E

monochromatic

#4E2283 #6B2FB3 #8A4ED1 #AA7FDE #CAAFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8A4ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8A4ED1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4ED1

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4ED1	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F6DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.194 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b183e0',
    500: '#8a4ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ed1;
$custom-light: #b183e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.481,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55859,
    "c": 0.19444,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4ED1

secondary

#C0D8A2

accent

#E2469A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4ED1

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

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