#8A55B2#8A55B2

#8A55B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.148 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55B2
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 52.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 39.55, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 57.11, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.0922 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.148 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7640, 15.1149, 43.8818)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55B2 #7DB255

analogous

#5C55B2 #8A55B2 #B255AC

triadic

#8A55B2 #B28A55 #55B28A

tetradic

#8A55B2 #B25C55 #7DB255 #55ACB2

square

#8A55B2 #B25C55 #7DB255 #55ACB2

split-complementary

#8A55B2 #ACB255 #55B25C

monochromatic

#4A2C61 #6A3F8B #8A55B2 #A77FC5 #C4A9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#8A55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#8A55B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55B2

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55B2	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84657B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.148 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87c9',
    500: '#8a55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55b2;
$custom-light: #ae87c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.194,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54918,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55B2

secondary

#AFC69D

accent

#CE5A8C

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55B2

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

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