#8A55B5#8A55B5

#8A55B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.151 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55B5
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 181)
HSL	hsl(273, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 53%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.96, 40.26, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.96, 58.68, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.0925 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.151 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0686, 15.2367, 45.4855)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55B5 #80B555

analogous

#5A55B5 #8A55B5 #B555B0

triadic

#8A55B5 #B58A55 #55B58A

tetradic

#8A55B5 #B55A55 #80B555 #55B0B5

square

#8A55B5 #B55A55 #80B555 #55B0B5

split-complementary

#8A55B5 #B0B555 #55B55A

monochromatic

#4B2C64 #6B3E8F #8A55B5 #A780C8 #C5AADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8A55B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8A55B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55B5

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55B5	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84667D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.151 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87cc',
    500: '#8a55b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55b5;
$custom-light: #af87cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.125,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55094,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55B5

secondary

#B1C89E

accent

#CF598E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55B5

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

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