#8A5AB7#8A5AB7

#8A5AB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.146 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AB7
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 183)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 50.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 37.94, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 56.57, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.0858 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.146 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6829, 16.1347, 46.7099)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AB7 #87B75A

analogous

#5B5AB7 #8A5AB7 #B75AB5

triadic

#8A5AB7 #B78A5A #5AB78A

tetradic

#8A5AB7 #B75B5A #87B75A #5AB5B7

square

#8A5AB7 #B75B5A #87B75A #5AB5B7

split-complementary

#8A5AB7 #B5B75A #5AB75B

monochromatic

#4C2E69 #6B4093 #8A5AB7 #A885CA #C6AFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A5AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A5AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AB7

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AB7	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F6EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D70B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.146 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8acd',
    500: '#8a5ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ab7;
$custom-light: #ae8acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56014,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AB7

secondary

#B6CAA2

accent

#CF5992

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AB7

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

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