#8A55C2#8A55C2

#8A55C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.167 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55C2
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 194)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 56.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 43.38, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 65.49, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.0931 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.167 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4652, 15.7954, 52.8411)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55C2 #8DC255

analogous

#5557C2 #8A55C2 #C055C2

triadic

#8A55C2 #C28A55 #55C28A

tetradic

#8A55C2 #C25557 #8DC255 #55C2C0

square

#8A55C2 #C25557 #8DC255 #55C2C0

split-complementary

#8A55C2 #C2C055 #57C255

monochromatic

#4D2973 #6B3AA0 #8A55C2 #A982D2 #C8AFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8A55C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8A55C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55C2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55C2	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.167 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87d5',
    500: '#8a55c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55c2;
$custom-light: #af87d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55887,
    "c": 0.16683,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55C2

secondary

#BAD0A2

accent

#D75196

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55C2

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

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