#8A74EB#8A74EB

#8A74EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.173 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74EB
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 36.56, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 68.14, 302.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.0563 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.173 289)
XYZ	xyz(31.7178, 23.8912, 81.5214)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74EB #D5EB74

analogous

#749AEB #8A74EB #C674EB

triadic

#8A74EB #EB8A74 #74EB8A

tetradic

#8A74EB #EB749A #D5EB74 #74EBC6

square

#8A74EB #EB749A #D5EB74 #74EBC6

split-complementary

#8A74EB #EBC674 #9AEB74

monochromatic

#3C1DC8 #5D3EE3 #8A74EB #B7AAF3 #E4DFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A74EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8A74EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74EB

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74EB	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4189EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4283E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.173 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf2',
    500: '#8a74eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74eb;
$custom-light: #b19cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63537,
    "c": 0.17262,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.23892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74EB

secondary

#E8EFCC

accent

#D70FB2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74EB

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

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