#8A4EDE#8A4EDE

#8A4EDE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.209 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EDE
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 64.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 54.03, -64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 84.08, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1003 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.209 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3871, 16.1256, 70.8154)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EDE #A2DE4E

analogous

#4E5ADE #8A4EDE #D24EDE

triadic

#8A4EDE #DE8A4E #4EDE8A

tetradic

#8A4EDE #DE4E5A #A2DE4E #4EDED2

square

#8A4EDE #DE4E5A #A2DE4E #4EDED2

split-complementary

#8A4EDE #DED24E #5ADE4E

monochromatic

#4F1C96 #6A26C9 #8A4EDE #AC82E8 #CEB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A4EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A4EDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EDE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EDE	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.209 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283e9',
    500: '#8a4ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ede;
$custom-light: #b283e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56781,
    "c": 0.20914,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EDE

secondary

#C9E0A8

accent

#EB3CA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EDE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →