#8A5AB4#8A5AB4

#8A5AB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.142 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AB4
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 180)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 50%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 37.22, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 54.98, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0854 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.142 307)
XYZ	xyz(22.3740, 16.0111, 45.0829)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AB4 #84B45A

analogous

#5D5AB4 #8A5AB4 #B45AB1

triadic

#8A5AB4 #B48A5A #5AB48A

tetradic

#8A5AB4 #B45D5A #84B45A #5AB1B4

square

#8A5AB4 #B45D5A #84B45A #5AB1B4

split-complementary

#8A5AB4 #B1B45A #5AB45D

monochromatic

#4C2E65 #6B4190 #8A5AB4 #A884C7 #C6AEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8A5AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8A5AB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AB4

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AB4	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F70B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84697F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.142 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8acb',
    500: '#8a5ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ab4;
$custom-light: #ae8acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55842,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.16011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AB4

secondary

#B4C8A1

accent

#CD5A90

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AB4

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

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