#8A55A6#8A55A6

#8A55A6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.134 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55A6
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 166)
HSL	hsl(279, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 48.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 36.79, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 50.87, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.0909 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.134 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6115, 14.6539, 37.8117)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55A6 #71A655

analogous

#6255A6 #8A55A6 #A6559A

triadic

#8A55A6 #A68A55 #55A68A

tetradic

#8A55A6 #A66255 #71A655 #559AA6

square

#8A55A6 #A66255 #71A655 #559AA6

split-complementary

#8A55A6 #9AA655 #55A662

monochromatic

#472C55 #68407E #8A55A6 #A67CBC #C2A5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#8A55A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8A55A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55A6

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55A6	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4368A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.134 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae86c1',
    500: '#8a55a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55a6;
$custom-light: #ae86c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.259,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54241,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55A6

secondary

#A6BE99

accent

#C85F84

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF7

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100B12

muted

#7F7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55A6

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

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