#8A74E4#8A74E4

#8A74E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.163 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74E4
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 228)
HSL	hsl(252, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 34.63, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 64.35, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0557 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.163 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7264, 23.4946, 76.2997)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74E4 #CEE474

analogous

#7496E4 #8A74E4 #C274E4

triadic

#8A74E4 #E48A74 #74E48A

tetradic

#8A74E4 #E47496 #CEE474 #74E4C2

square

#8A74E4 #E47496 #CEE474 #74E4C2

split-complementary

#8A74E4 #E4C274 #96E474

monochromatic

#4124BA #5F41DA #8A74E4 #B5A7EE #E0DAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A74E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A74E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74E4

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74E4	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4787E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.163 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09ced',
    500: '#8a74e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74e4;
$custom-light: #b09ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.786,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74E4

secondary

#E5EBC8

accent

#CF16AB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74E4

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

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