#8A55AE#8A55AE

#8A55AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.143 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55AE
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 174)
HSL	hsl(276, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 51.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 38.62, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 55.02, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.0918 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.143 310)
XYZ	xyz(21.3683, 14.9566, 41.7974)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55AE #79AE55

analogous

#5D55AE #8A55AE #AE55A5

triadic

#8A55AE #AE8A55 #55AE8A

tetradic

#8A55AE #AE5D55 #79AE55 #55A5AE

square

#8A55AE #AE5D55 #79AE55 #55A5AE

split-complementary

#8A55AE #A5AE55 #55AE5D

monochromatic

#492C5D #6A4086 #8A55AE #A77EC2 #C3A8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8A55AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A55AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55AE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55AE	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E69B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.143 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae86c6',
    500: '#8a55ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55ae;
$custom-light: #ae86c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.73,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54688,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.14956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55AE

secondary

#ACC39C

accent

#CB5C89

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55AE

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

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