#8A55D9#8A55D9

#8A55D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.194 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55D9
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 49.12, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 77.50, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.0929 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.194 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2510, 16.9097, 67.5131)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55D9 #A4D955

analogous

#5562D9 #8A55D9 #CC55D9

triadic

#8A55D9 #D98A55 #55D98A

tetradic

#8A55D9 #D95562 #A4D955 #55D9CC

square

#8A55D9 #D95562 #A4D955 #55D9CC

split-complementary

#8A55D9 #D9CC55 #62D955

monochromatic

#4F2193 #692CC5 #8A55D9 #AC87E4 #CFB9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A55D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A55D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55D9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55D9	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F71D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.194 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187e5',
    500: '#8a55d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55d9;
$custom-light: #b187e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.091,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57403,
    "c": 0.19406,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55D9

secondary

#CADFAB

accent

#E641A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55D9

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

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