#8A55E1#8A55E1

#8A55E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.203 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55E1
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 51.17, -63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 81.65, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.0924 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.203 297)
XYZ	xyz(27.3168, 17.3361, 73.1265)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55E1 #ACE155

analogous

#5566E1 #8A55E1 #D055E1

triadic

#8A55E1 #E18A55 #55E18A

tetradic

#8A55E1 #E15566 #ACE155 #55E1D0

square

#8A55E1 #E15566 #ACE155 #55E1D0

split-complementary

#8A55E1 #E1D055 #66E155

monochromatic

#4E1C9F #6725D3 #8A55E1 #AE89EA #D2BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A55E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8A55E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55E1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55E1	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.203 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b287eb',
    500: '#8a55e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55e1;
$custom-light: #b287eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57961,
    "c": 0.20341,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.17337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55E1

secondary

#CFE3AE

accent

#D2148A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55E1

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

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