#8A4ED4#8A4ED4

#8A4ED4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.198 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4ED4
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 212)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 51.54, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 78.96, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1012 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.198 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0864, 15.6054, 63.9651)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4ED4 #98D44E

analogous

#4E55D4 #8A4ED4 #CD4ED4

triadic

#8A4ED4 #D48A4E #4ED48A

tetradic

#8A4ED4 #D44E55 #98D44E #4ED4CD

square

#8A4ED4 #D44E55 #98D44E #4ED4CD

split-complementary

#8A4ED4 #D4CD4E #55D44E

monochromatic

#4E2187 #6B2DB8 #8A4ED4 #AB7FE0 #CBB0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8A4ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8A4ED4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4ED4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4ED4	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.198 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b183e2',
    500: '#8a4ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ed4;
$custom-light: #b183e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.866,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56068,
    "c": 0.19785,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4ED4

secondary

#C2DAA4

accent

#E4449C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4ED4

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

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