#8A5AC2#8A5AC2

#8A5AC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.159 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AC2
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 194)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 53.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 40.62, -47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 62.39, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0866 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.159 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.8728, 16.6107, 52.9770)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AC2 #92C25A

analogous

#5A5EC2 #8A5AC2 #BE5AC2

triadic

#8A5AC2 #C28A5A #5AC28A

tetradic

#8A5AC2 #C25A5E #92C25A #5AC2BE

square

#8A5AC2 #C25A5E #92C25A #5AC2BE

split-complementary

#8A5AC2 #C2BE5A #5EC25A

monochromatic

#4E2C76 #6B3CA3 #8A5AC2 #AA87D3 #C9B3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8A5AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8A5AC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AC2

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AC2	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3570C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4471C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.159 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad5',
    500: '#8a5ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ac2;
$custom-light: #af8ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 46.018,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56669,
    "c": 0.15909,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.16611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AC2

secondary

#BED2A6

accent

#D65299

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AC2

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

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