#8A5ABF#8A5ABF

#8A5ABF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.155 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ABF
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 191)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 39.88, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 60.80, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.0864 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.155 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5393, 16.4773, 51.2204)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ABF #8FBF5A

analogous

#5A5CBF #8A5ABF #BD5ABF

triadic

#8A5ABF #BF8A5A #5ABF8A

tetradic

#8A5ABF #BF5A5C #8FBF5A #5ABFBD

square

#8A5ABF #BF5A5C #8FBF5A #5ABFBD

split-complementary

#8A5ABF #BFBD5A #5CBF5A

monochromatic

#4E2C72 #6C3D9E #8A5ABF #A986D0 #C9B2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A5ABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A5ABF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5ABF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5ABF	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3870C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4771BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5abf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.155 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad3',
    500: '#8a5abf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5abf;
$custom-light: #af8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5abf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56487,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ABF

secondary

#BBD0A5

accent

#D45497

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ABF

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

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