#8A55D5#8A55D5

#8A55D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.189 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55D5
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 48.11, -58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 75.42, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.093 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.189 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7370, 16.7041, 64.8062)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55D5 #A0D555

analogous

#5560D5 #8A55D5 #CA55D5

triadic

#8A55D5 #D58A55 #55D58A

tetradic

#8A55D5 #D55560 #A0D555 #55D5CA

square

#8A55D5 #D55560 #A0D555 #55D5CA

split-complementary

#8A55D5 #D5CA55 #60D555

monochromatic

#4F238D #6A2FBE #8A55D5 #AC86E1 #CEB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8A55D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8A55D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55D5

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55D5	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2771D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A708D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.189 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187e3',
    500: '#8a55d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55d5;
$custom-light: #b187e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.844,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57129,
    "c": 0.18935,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55D5

secondary

#C7DCA9

accent

#E444A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55D5

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

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