#8A74C8#8A74C8

#8A74C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.126 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74C8
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(256, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 42%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, 27.16, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 48.99, 303.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.052 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.126 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1494, 22.0638, 57.4607)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74C8 #B2C874

analogous

#7488C8 #8A74C8 #B474C8

triadic

#8A74C8 #C88A74 #74C88A

tetradic

#8A74C8 #C87488 #B2C874 #74C8B4

square

#8A74C8 #C87488 #B2C874 #74C8B4

split-complementary

#8A74C8 #C8B474 #88C874

monochromatic

#4D378B #6548B7 #8A74C8 #AFA0D9 #D4CCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A74C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A74C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74C8

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74C8	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B82CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.126 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9cd9',
    500: '#8a74c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74c8;
$custom-light: #ae9cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61509,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74C8

secondary

#D3DBBC

accent

#B62F93

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74C8

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

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