#8A74E9#8A74E9

#8A74E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74E9
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 233)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 50.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 36.01, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 67.06, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0561 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.17 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4305, 23.7762, 80.0082)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74E9 #D3E974

analogous

#7498E9 #8A74E9 #C474E9

triadic

#8A74E9 #E98A74 #74E98A

tetradic

#8A74E9 #E97498 #D3E974 #74E9C4

square

#8A74E9 #E97498 #D3E974 #74E9C4

split-complementary

#8A74E9 #E9C474 #98E974

monochromatic

#3E1FC4 #5E3FE1 #8A74E9 #B6A9F1 #E3DEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A74E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A74E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74E9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74E9	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4388ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4483E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf1',
    500: '#8a74e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74e9;
$custom-light: #b19cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.282,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63413,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74E9

secondary

#E7EECB

accent

#D511B0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74E9

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

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