#8A55CE#8A55CE

#8A55CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.181 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55CE
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 46.35, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 71.77, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0932 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.181 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.8677, 16.3564, 60.2275)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55CE #99CE55

analogous

#555DCE #8A55CE #C755CE

triadic

#8A55CE #CE8A55 #55CE8A

tetradic

#8A55CE #CE555D #99CE55 #55CEC7

square

#8A55CE #CE555D #99CE55 #55CEC7

split-complementary

#8A55CE #CEC755 #5DCE55

monochromatic

#4F2683 #6B33B2 #8A55CE #AB85DC #CBB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8A55CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8A55CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55CE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55CE	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1670D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3170CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.181 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087de',
    500: '#8a55ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55ce;
$custom-light: #b087de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.281,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56661,
    "c": 0.1811,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.16357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55CE

secondary

#C2D8A7

accent

#DF499D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55CE

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

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