#8A4ED9#8A4ED9

#8A4ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.204 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4ED9
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 52.78, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 81.52, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1008 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.204 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7269, 15.8616, 67.3384)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4ED9 #9DD94E

analogous

#4E58D9 #8A4ED9 #CF4ED9

triadic

#8A4ED9 #D98A4E #4ED98A

tetradic

#8A4ED9 #D94E58 #9DD94E #4ED9CF

square

#8A4ED9 #D94E58 #9DD94E #4ED9CF

split-complementary

#8A4ED9 #D9CF4E #58D94E

monochromatic

#4F1F8E #6B29C0 #8A4ED9 #AB80E4 #CDB3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8A4ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8A4ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4ED9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4ED9	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.204 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b183e6',
    500: '#8a4ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ed9;
$custom-light: #b183e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.899,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56422,
    "c": 0.20351,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4ED9

secondary

#C5DDA6

accent

#E8409F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4ED9

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

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