#8A55E0#8A55E0

#8A55E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.202 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55E0
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 224)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 62.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 50.91, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 81.13, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.0925 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.202 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1808, 17.2816, 72.4102)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55E0 #ABE055

analogous

#5565E0 #8A55E0 #D055E0

triadic

#8A55E0 #E08A55 #55E08A

tetradic

#8A55E0 #E05565 #ABE055 #55E0D0

square

#8A55E0 #E05565 #ABE055 #55E0D0

split-complementary

#8A55E0 #E0D055 #65E055

monochromatic

#4E1D9E #6826D2 #8A55E0 #AE89E9 #D1BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8A55E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8A55E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55E0

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55E0	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0572DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.202 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b287ea',
    500: '#8a55e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55e0;
$custom-light: #b287ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.878,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5789,
    "c": 0.20224,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55E0

secondary

#CFE3AE

accent

#D11489

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55E0

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

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