#8A55D7#8A55D7

#8A55D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.192 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55D7
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 215)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 48.62, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 76.47, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.093 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.192 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.9924, 16.8063, 66.1513)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55D7 #A2D755

analogous

#5561D7 #8A55D7 #CB55D7

triadic

#8A55D7 #D78A55 #55D78A

tetradic

#8A55D7 #D75561 #A2D755 #55D7CB

square

#8A55D7 #D75561 #A2D755 #55D7CB

split-complementary

#8A55D7 #D7CB55 #61D755

monochromatic

#4F2290 #6A2DC1 #8A55D7 #AC87E3 #CEB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A55D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A55D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55D7

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55D7	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2371D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.192 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187e4',
    500: '#8a55d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55d7;
$custom-light: #b187e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57266,
    "c": 0.19171,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55D7

secondary

#C9DEAA

accent

#E543A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55D7

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

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