#8A55E6#8A55E6

#8A55E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.209 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55E6
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 52.46, -65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 84.23, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.092 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.209 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0089, 17.6129, 76.7715)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55E6 #B1E655

analogous

#5569E6 #8A55E6 #D355E6

triadic

#8A55E6 #E68A55 #55E68A

tetradic

#8A55E6 #E65569 #B1E655 #55E6D3

square

#8A55E6 #E65569 #B1E655 #55E6D3

split-complementary

#8A55E6 #E6D355 #69E655

monochromatic

#4D19A8 #6621DD #8A55E6 #AF8AEE #D3C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A55E6

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A55E6	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.209 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ef',
    500: '#8a55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55e6;
$custom-light: #b288ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.931,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58317,
    "c": 0.2092,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55E6

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D60F8E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B17

muted

#807C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55E6

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

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