#8A55D2#8A55D2

#8A55D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.186 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55D2
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 47.35, -56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 73.86, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.0931 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.186 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3598, 16.5532, 62.8193)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55D2 #9DD255

analogous

#555ED2 #8A55D2 #C955D2

triadic

#8A55D2 #D28A55 #55D28A

tetradic

#8A55D2 #D2555E #9DD255 #55D2C9

square

#8A55D2 #D2555E #9DD255 #55D2C9

split-complementary

#8A55D2 #D2C955 #5ED255

monochromatic

#4F2488 #6B31B9 #8A55D2 #AB85DF #CDB6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8A55D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8A55D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55D2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55D2	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0871D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B70CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.186 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087e0',
    500: '#8a55d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55d2;
$custom-light: #b087e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.44,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56927,
    "c": 0.18582,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55D2

secondary

#C5DAA8

accent

#E146A0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55D2

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

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