#8A4ED7#8A4ED7

#8A4ED7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.201 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4ED7
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 215)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 63.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 52.28, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 80.50, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.101 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.201 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4684, 15.7581, 65.9766)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4ED7 #9BD74E

analogous

#4E57D7 #8A4ED7 #CE4ED7

triadic

#8A4ED7 #D78A4E #4ED78A

tetradic

#8A4ED7 #D74E57 #9BD74E #4ED7CE

square

#8A4ED7 #D74E57 #9BD74E #4ED7CE

split-complementary

#8A4ED7 #D7CE4E #57D74E

monochromatic

#4F1F8B #6B2BBD #8A4ED7 #AB80E2 #CCB2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8A4ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8A4ED7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4ED7

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4ED7	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D6ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.201 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b183e4',
    500: '#8a4ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ed7;
$custom-light: #b183e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.277,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56279,
    "c": 0.20124,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4ED7

secondary

#C4DCA5

accent

#E6429E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4ED7

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

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