#8A55D1#8A55D1

#8A55D1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.185 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55D1
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 209)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 59.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 47.10, -56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 73.34, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.0932 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.185 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2356, 16.5035, 62.1652)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55D1 #9CD155

analogous

#555ED1 #8A55D1 #C855D1

triadic

#8A55D1 #D18A55 #55D18A

tetradic

#8A55D1 #D1555E #9CD155 #55D1C8

square

#8A55D1 #D1555E #9CD155 #55D1C8

split-complementary

#8A55D1 #D1C855 #5ED155

monochromatic

#4F2587 #6B32B7 #8A55D1 #AB85DE #CCB5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8A55D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A55D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55D1

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55D1	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C71D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D70CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.185 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087e0',
    500: '#8a55d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55d1;
$custom-light: #b087e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.645,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5686,
    "c": 0.18464,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55D1

secondary

#C5DAA8

accent

#E1479F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55D1

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

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