#8A55F8#8A55F8

#8A55F8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.230 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A55F8
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 65.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 57.14, -73.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 93.42, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0901 -0.2114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.23 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6684, 18.6767, 90.7778)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A55F8 #C3F855

analogous

#5572F8 #8A55F8 #DB55F8

triadic

#8A55F8 #F88A55 #55F88A

tetradic

#8A55F8 #F85572 #C3F855 #55F8DB

square

#8A55F8 #F85572 #C3F855 #55F8DB

split-complementary

#8A55F8 #F8DB55 #72F855

monochromatic

#4708CA #621AF6 #8A55F8 #B290FA #DBCBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A55F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A55F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A55F8

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A55F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A55F8	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A7CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a55f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.230 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488fc',
    500: '#8a55f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a55f8;
$custom-light: #b488fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a55f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.509,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.22983,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A55F8

secondary

#DEF0B9

accent

#E6009B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A55F8

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

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