#8A4EDD#8A4EDD

#8A4EDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.208 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EDD
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 64.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 53.78, -63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 83.57, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1004 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.208 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2535, 16.0722, 70.1117)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EDD #A1DD4E

analogous

#4E59DD #8A4EDD #D24EDD

triadic

#8A4EDD #DD8A4E #4EDD8A

tetradic

#8A4EDD #DD4E59 #A1DD4E #4EDDD2

square

#8A4EDD #DD4E59 #A1DD4E #4EDDD2

split-complementary

#8A4EDD #DDD24E #59DD4E

monochromatic

#4F1C94 #6A26C7 #8A4EDD #AC81E7 #CEB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8A4EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8A4EDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EDD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EDD	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.208 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e8',
    500: '#8a4edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4edd;
$custom-light: #b283e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.175,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56709,
    "c": 0.20801,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EDD

secondary

#C8E0A7

accent

#EB3DA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EDD

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

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