#8A5AC7#8A5AC7

#8A5AC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.165 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AC7
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 199)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 54.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 41.86, -49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 65.04, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.0868 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.165 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4438, 16.8391, 55.9842)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AC7 #97C75A

analogous

#5A61C7 #8A5AC7 #C15AC7

triadic

#8A5AC7 #C78A5A #5AC78A

tetradic

#8A5AC7 #C75A61 #97C75A #5AC7C1

square

#8A5AC7 #C75A61 #97C75A #5AC7C1

split-complementary

#8A5AC7 #C7C15A #61C75A

monochromatic

#4E2A7C #6B3AAA #8A5AC7 #AA88D7 #CBB5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A5AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A5AC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AC7

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AC7	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3071CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4072C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.165 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ad8',
    500: '#8a5ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ac7;
$custom-light: #af8ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.422,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56978,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AC7

secondary

#C1D5A8

accent

#D94F9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AC7

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

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