#8A5AC1#8A5AC1

#8A5AC1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.158 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AC1
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 193)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 40.37, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 61.86, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.0865 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.158 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7609, 16.5659, 52.3875)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AC1 #91C15A

analogous

#5A5EC1 #8A5AC1 #BD5AC1

triadic

#8A5AC1 #C18A5A #5AC18A

tetradic

#8A5AC1 #C15A5E #91C15A #5AC1BD

square

#8A5AC1 #C15A5E #91C15A #5AC1BD

split-complementary

#8A5AC1 #C1BD5A #5EC15A

monochromatic

#4E2C75 #6B3DA1 #8A5AC1 #AA86D2 #C9B3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8A5AC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8A5AC1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AC1

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AC1	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3670C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4571BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ac1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.158 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad4',
    500: '#8a5ac1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ac1;
$custom-light: #af8ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ac1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.961,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56608,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AC1

secondary

#BDD1A6

accent

#D55398

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AC1

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

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