#8A4FA9#8A4FA9

#8A4FA9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.147 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4FA9
RGB	rgb(138, 79, 169)
HSL	hsl(279, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 40.79, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 56.22, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.0998 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.147 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4374, 13.8603, 39.1271)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4FA9 #6EA94F

analogous

#5D4FA9 #8A4FA9 #A94F9B

triadic

#8A4FA9 #A98A4F #4FA98A

tetradic

#8A4FA9 #A95D4F #6EA94F #4F9BA9

square

#8A4FA9 #A95D4F #6EA94F #4F9BA9

split-complementary

#8A4FA9 #9BA94F #4FA95D

monochromatic

#462856 #683C7F #8A4FA9 #A676BF #C1A0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A4FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A4FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4FA9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4FA9	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3865AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B69A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 79, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.147 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82c3',
    500: '#8a4fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4fa9;
$custom-light: #ae82c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.333,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53459,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4FA9

secondary

#A3C094

accent

#CC5C82

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4FA9

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

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