#8A55C9#8A55C9

#8A55C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.175 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55C9
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 201)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 57.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 45.11, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 69.16, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.0932 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.175 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2699, 16.1173, 57.0793)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55C9 #94C955

analogous

#555AC9 #8A55C9 #C455C9

triadic

#8A55C9 #C98A55 #55C98A

tetradic

#8A55C9 #C9555A #94C955 #55C9C4

square

#8A55C9 #C9555A #94C955 #55C9C4

split-complementary

#8A55C9 #C9C455 #5AC955

monochromatic

#4E277C #6B36AB #8A55C9 #AA83D8 #CAB2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A55C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8A55C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55C9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55C9	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#206FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.175 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087da',
    500: '#8a55c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55c9;
$custom-light: #b087da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.414,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56334,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55C9

secondary

#BFD5A5

accent

#DB4D9A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55C9

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

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