#8A55D6#8A55D6

#8A55D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.191 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55D6
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 48.36, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 75.94, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.093 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.191 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8643, 16.7550, 65.4767)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55D6 #A1D655

analogous

#5560D6 #8A55D6 #CA55D6

triadic

#8A55D6 #D68A55 #55D68A

tetradic

#8A55D6 #D65560 #A1D655 #55D6CA

square

#8A55D6 #D65560 #A1D655 #55D6CA

split-complementary

#8A55D6 #D6CA55 #60D655

monochromatic

#4F228E #6A2EC0 #8A55D6 #AC86E2 #CEB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8A55D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8A55D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55D6

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55D6	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2571D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.191 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187e3',
    500: '#8a55d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55d6;
$custom-light: #b187e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.651,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57197,
    "c": 0.19053,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55D6

secondary

#C8DDAA

accent

#E444A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55D6

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

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