#8A74E2#8A74E2

#8A74E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.161 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74E2
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 48.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 34.09, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 63.26, 302.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.0555 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.161 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4504, 23.3842, 74.8460)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74E2 #CCE274

analogous

#7495E2 #8A74E2 #C174E2

triadic

#8A74E2 #E28A74 #74E28A

tetradic

#8A74E2 #E27495 #CCE274 #74E2C1

square

#8A74E2 #E27495 #CCE274 #74E2C1

split-complementary

#8A74E2 #E2C174 #95E274

monochromatic

#4326B6 #5F41D7 #8A74E2 #B5A7ED #DFD9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A74E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A74E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74E2

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74E2	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4987E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B82DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.161 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09cec',
    500: '#8a74e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74e2;
$custom-light: #b09cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62988,
    "c": 0.16071,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74E2

secondary

#E3EAC7

accent

#CD18A9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74E2

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

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