#8A55BC#8A55BC

#8A55BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.160 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55BC
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(271, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 54.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 41.93, -46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 62.34, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.0929 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.16 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8049, 15.5313, 49.3636)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55BC #87BC55

analogous

#5655BC #8A55BC #BC55BA

triadic

#8A55BC #BC8A55 #55BC8A

tetradic

#8A55BC #BC5655 #87BC55 #55BABC

square

#8A55BC #BC5655 #87BC55 #55BABC

split-complementary

#8A55BC #BABC55 #55BC56

monochromatic

#4C2B6C #6B3C98 #8A55BC #A881CD #C6ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8A55BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8A55BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55BC

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55BC	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.160 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87d1',
    500: '#8a55bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55bc;
$custom-light: #af87d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55515,
    "c": 0.15967,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55BC

secondary

#B6CCA0

accent

#D35592

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55BC

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

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