#8A55BB#8A55BB

#8A55BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.158 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55BB
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 41.69, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 61.82, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.0929 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.158 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6975, 15.4883, 48.7979)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55BB #86BB55

analogous

#5755BB #8A55BB #BB55B9

triadic

#8A55BB #BB8A55 #55BB8A

tetradic

#8A55BB #BB5755 #86BB55 #55B9BB

square

#8A55BB #BB5755 #86BB55 #55B9BB

split-complementary

#8A55BB #B9BB55 #55BB57

monochromatic

#4C2B6B #6B3C97 #8A55BB #A881CC #C6ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8A55BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8A55BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55BB

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55BB	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.158 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87d0',
    500: '#8a55bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55bb;
$custom-light: #af87d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55454,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55BB

secondary

#B5CCA0

accent

#D35591

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55BB

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

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