#8A55DD#8A55DD

#8A55DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.199 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55DD
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 50.14, -61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 79.58, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.0927 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.199 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7776, 17.1203, 70.2864)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55DD #A8DD55

analogous

#5564DD #8A55DD #CE55DD

triadic

#8A55DD #DD8A55 #55DD8A

tetradic

#8A55DD #DD5564 #A8DD55 #55DDCE

square

#8A55DD #DD5564 #A8DD55 #55DDCE

split-complementary

#8A55DD #DDCE55 #64DD55

monochromatic

#4E1F99 #6829CC #8A55DD #AD88E7 #D0BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A55DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55DD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55DD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1371DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.199 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187e8',
    500: '#8a55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55dd;
$custom-light: #b187e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.382,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5768,
    "c": 0.19874,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55DD

secondary

#CDE1AD

accent

#EA3EA7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55DD

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

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