#8A5AC9#8A5AC9

#8A5AC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.168 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AC9
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 201)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 42.36, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 66.10, 309.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.0869 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.168 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6776, 16.9326, 57.2152)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AC9 #99C95A

analogous

#5A62C9 #8A5AC9 #C25AC9

triadic

#8A5AC9 #C98A5A #5AC98A

tetradic

#8A5AC9 #C95A62 #99C95A #5AC9C2

square

#8A5AC9 #C95A62 #99C95A #5AC9C2

split-complementary

#8A5AC9 #C9C25A #62C95A

monochromatic

#4F2A7F #6B39AD #8A5AC9 #AB88D8 #CBB6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A5AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8A5AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AC9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AC9	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D72CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E72C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.168 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ada',
    500: '#8a5ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ac9;
$custom-light: #b08ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57103,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AC9

secondary

#C2D6A9

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AC9

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

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