#8A4EE2#8A4EE2

#8A4EE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.214 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EE2
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 65.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 55.03, -66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 86.11, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.0999 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.214 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9296, 16.3426, 73.6724)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EE2 #A6E24E

analogous

#4E5CE2 #8A4EE2 #D44EE2

triadic

#8A4EE2 #E28A4E #4EE28A

tetradic

#8A4EE2 #E24E5C #A6E24E #4EE2D4

square

#8A4EE2 #E24E5C #A6E24E #4EE2D4

split-complementary

#8A4EE2 #E2D44E #5CE24E

monochromatic

#4E1A9C #6922D1 #8A4EE2 #AD83EB #D0B7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8A4EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8A4EE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EE2

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EE2	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.214 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b283ec',
    500: '#8a4ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ee2;
$custom-light: #b283ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57073,
    "c": 0.21363,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EE2

secondary

#CBE3A9

accent

#EF39A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EE2

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