#8A5ABA#8A5ABA

#8A5ABA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.149 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ABA
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 186)
HSL	hsl(270, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 51.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 38.66, -43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 58.16, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.086 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.149 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9984, 16.2609, 48.3719)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ABA #8ABA5A

analogous

#5A5ABA #8A5ABA #BA5ABA

triadic

#8A5ABA #BA8A5A #5ABA8A

tetradic

#8A5ABA #BA5A5A #8ABA5A #5ABABA

square

#8A5ABA #BA5A5A #8ABA5A #5ABABA

split-complementary

#8A5ABA #BABA5A #5ABA5A

monochromatic

#4D2D6C #6B3F97 #8A5ABA #A985CC #C7B0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A5ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A5ABA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5ABA

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5ABA	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A70B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.149 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8acf',
    500: '#8a5aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5aba;
$custom-light: #af8acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5619,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ABA

secondary

#B8CCA3

accent

#D15794

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ABA

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

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