#8A55C1#8A55C1

#8A55C1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.166 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55C1
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 193)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 56%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 43.14, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 64.97, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.0931 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.166 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3533, 15.7506, 52.2516)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55C1 #8CC155

analogous

#5556C1 #8A55C1 #C055C1

triadic

#8A55C1 #C18A55 #55C18A

tetradic

#8A55C1 #C15556 #8CC155 #55C1C0

square

#8A55C1 #C15556 #8CC155 #55C1C0

split-complementary

#8A55C1 #C1C055 #56C155

monochromatic

#4D2A72 #6B3A9F #8A55C1 #A982D1 #C8AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8A55C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8A55C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55C1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55C1	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.166 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87d4',
    500: '#8a55c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55c1;
$custom-light: #af87d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55825,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55C1

secondary

#B9D0A2

accent

#D65295

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55C1

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

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