#8A5AB5#8A5AB5

#8A5AB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.143 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AB5
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 181)
HSL	hsl(272, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 50.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 37.46, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 55.51, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.0855 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.143 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4762, 16.0520, 45.6214)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AB5 #85B55A

analogous

#5C5AB5 #8A5AB5 #B55AB2

triadic

#8A5AB5 #B58A5A #5AB58A

tetradic

#8A5AB5 #B55C5A #85B55A #5AB2B5

square

#8A5AB5 #B55C5A #85B55A #5AB2B5

split-complementary

#8A5AB5 #B2B55A #5AB55C

monochromatic

#4C2E67 #6B4191 #8A5AB5 #A884C8 #C6AFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8A5AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8A5AB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AB5

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AB5	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E70B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.143 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8acb',
    500: '#8a5ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ab5;
$custom-light: #ae8acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.648,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55899,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AB5

secondary

#B4C9A2

accent

#CE5A91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AB5

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

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