#8A55B3#8A55B3

#8A55B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.149 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55B3
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 179)
HSL	hsl(274, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 52.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 39.79, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 57.63, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.0923 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.149 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8648, 15.1552, 44.4125)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55B3 #7EB355

analogous

#5B55B3 #8A55B3 #B355AD

triadic

#8A55B3 #B38A55 #55B38A

tetradic

#8A55B3 #B35B55 #7EB355 #55ADB3

square

#8A55B3 #B35B55 #7EB355 #55ADB3

split-complementary

#8A55B3 #ADB355 #55B35B

monochromatic

#4A2C62 #6A3F8C #8A55B3 #A77FC6 #C4AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8A55B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8A55B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55B3

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55B3	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84657C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.149 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87ca',
    500: '#8a55b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55b3;
$custom-light: #ae87ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54977,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55B3

secondary

#AFC79D

accent

#CE5A8C

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5EFF8

border

#CFCAD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55B3

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

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