#8A5AC5#8A5AC5

#8A5AC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.163 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AC5
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 197)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 54.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 41.36, -48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 63.98, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.0867 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.163 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2131, 16.7468, 54.7693)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AC5 #95C55A

analogous

#5A60C5 #8A5AC5 #C05AC5

triadic

#8A5AC5 #C58A5A #5AC58A

tetradic

#8A5AC5 #C55A60 #95C55A #5AC5C0

square

#8A5AC5 #C55A60 #95C55A #5AC5C0

split-complementary

#8A5AC5 #C5C05A #60C55A

monochromatic

#4E2B7A #6B3BA7 #8A5AC5 #AA87D5 #CAB5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8A5AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8A5AC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AC5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AC5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3271C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4271C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.163 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad7',
    500: '#8a5ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ac5;
$custom-light: #af8ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 47.982,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56853,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AC5

secondary

#C0D3A7

accent

#D8509B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AC5

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

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