#8A4ED3#8A4ED3

#8A4ED3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.197 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4ED3
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 211)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 63%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 51.29, -59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 78.45, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.1013 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.197 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.9607, 15.5551, 63.3028)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4ED3 #97D34E

analogous

#4E55D3 #8A4ED3 #CD4ED3

triadic

#8A4ED3 #D38A4E #4ED38A

tetradic

#8A4ED3 #D34E55 #97D34E #4ED3CD

square

#8A4ED3 #D34E55 #97D34E #4ED3CD

split-complementary

#8A4ED3 #D3CD4E #55D34E

monochromatic

#4E2185 #6B2DB6 #8A4ED3 #AA7FDF #CBB0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8A4ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A4ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4ED3

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4ED3	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.197 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b183e1',
    500: '#8a4ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ed3;
$custom-light: #b183e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.068,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55998,
    "c": 0.19671,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.15555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4ED3

secondary

#C1DAA3

accent

#E3449C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4ED3

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

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