#8A5ABB#8A5ABB

#8A5ABB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.151 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ABB
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 51.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 38.90, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 58.68, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0861 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.151 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1051, 16.3036, 48.9338)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ABB #8BBB5A

analogous

#5A5BBB #8A5ABB #BB5ABB

triadic

#8A5ABB #BB8A5A #5ABB8A

tetradic

#8A5ABB #BB5A5B #8BBB5A #5ABBBB

square

#8A5ABB #BB5A5B #8BBB5A #5ABBBB

split-complementary

#8A5ABB #BBBB5A #5BBB5A

monochromatic

#4D2D6D #6B3F99 #8A5ABB #A985CD #C7B1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8A5ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A5ABB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5ABB

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5ABB	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C6FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A70B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.151 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad0',
    500: '#8a5abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5abb;
$custom-light: #af8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.691,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56249,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ABB

secondary

#B9CDA4

accent

#D15695

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ABB

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

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