#8A5AC0#8A5AC0

#8A5AC0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.157 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AC0
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 192)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 53.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 40.13, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 61.33, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.0865 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.157 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6497, 16.5214, 51.8020)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AC0 #90C05A

analogous

#5A5DC0 #8A5AC0 #BD5AC0

triadic

#8A5AC0 #C08A5A #5AC08A

tetradic

#8A5AC0 #C05A5D #90C05A #5AC0BD

square

#8A5AC0 #C05A5D #90C05A #5AC0BD

split-complementary

#8A5AC0 #C0BD5A #5DC05A

monochromatic

#4E2C73 #6B3DA0 #8A5AC0 #A986D1 #C9B3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8A5AC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A5AC0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AC0

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AC0	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3770C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4671BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.157 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad3',
    500: '#8a5ac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ac0;
$custom-light: #af8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56548,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AC0

secondary

#BCD0A6

accent

#D45398

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AC0

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

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