#8A74EE#8A74EE

#8A74EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.177 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74EE
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 51.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 37.39, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 69.76, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.0565 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.177 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1549, 24.0660, 83.8233)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74EE #D8EE74

analogous

#749BEE #8A74EE #C774EE

triadic

#8A74EE #EE8A74 #74EE8A

tetradic

#8A74EE #EE749B #D8EE74 #74EEC7

square

#8A74EE #EE749B #D8EE74 #74EEC7

split-complementary

#8A74EE #EEC774 #9BEE74

monochromatic

#3A19CE #5C3DE7 #8A74EE #B8ABF5 #E6E1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A74EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A74EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74EE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74EE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E84EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D8EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.177 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19cf4',
    500: '#8a74ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74ee;
$custom-light: #b19cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 78.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63724,
    "c": 0.17655,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74EE

secondary

#EAF0CD

accent

#DA0BB5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74EE

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

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