#8A55D4#8A55D4

#8A55D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.188 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55D4
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 47.86, -57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 74.90, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.0931 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.188 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6105, 16.6535, 64.1398)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55D4 #9FD455

analogous

#5560D4 #8A55D4 #C955D4

triadic

#8A55D4 #D48A55 #55D48A

tetradic

#8A55D4 #D45560 #9FD455 #55D4C9

square

#8A55D4 #D45560 #9FD455 #55D4C9

split-complementary

#8A55D4 #D4C955 #60D455

monochromatic

#4F238B #6A30BC #8A55D4 #AC86E0 #CDB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8A55D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8A55D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55D4

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55D4	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2870D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.188 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187e2',
    500: '#8a55d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55d4;
$custom-light: #b187e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.039,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57062,
    "c": 0.18818,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55D4

secondary

#C7DCA9

accent

#E345A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55D4

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

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