#8A5AA5#8A5AA5

#8A5AA5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.124 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AA5
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 165)
HSL	hsl(278, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 45.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 33.73, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 47.10, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0834 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.124 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9278, 15.4326, 37.4664)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AA5 #75A55A

analogous

#645AA5 #8A5AA5 #A55A9B

triadic

#8A5AA5 #A58A5A #5AA58A

tetradic

#8A5AA5 #A5645A #75A55A #5A9BA5

square

#8A5AA5 #A5645A #75A55A #5A9BA5

split-complementary

#8A5AA5 #9BA55A #5AA564

monochromatic

#482F56 #69447D #8A5AA5 #A682BB #C2A9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8A5AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8A5AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AA5

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AA5	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.124 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8ac0',
    500: '#8a5aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5aa5;
$custom-light: #ae8ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55019,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AA5

secondary

#A9BE9D

accent

#C66286

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AA5

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

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