#8A55E4#8A55E4

#8A55E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.207 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55E4
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 51.94, -64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 83.20, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0922 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.207 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7297, 17.5012, 75.3008)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55E4 #AFE455

analogous

#5568E4 #8A55E4 #D255E4

triadic

#8A55E4 #E48A55 #55E48A

tetradic

#8A55E4 #E45568 #AFE455 #55E4D2

square

#8A55E4 #E45568 #AFE455 #55E4D2

split-complementary

#8A55E4 #E4D255 #68E455

monochromatic

#4D1AA4 #6623D9 #8A55E4 #AE8AEC #D3BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8A55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55E4

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55E4	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.207 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ed',
    500: '#8a55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55e4;
$custom-light: #b288ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.238,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58174,
    "c": 0.20689,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55E4

secondary

#D1E5B0

accent

#D5118C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55E4

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

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