#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
RGBrgb(138, 90, 201)
HSLhsl(266, 51%, 57%)
HSVhsv(266, 55%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(31.3%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(48.17, 42.36, -50.74)
CIE-LCHlch(48.17, 66.10, 309.85°)
OKLaboklab(57.1% 0.0869 -0.1434)
OKLCHoklch(57.1% 0.168 301.2)
XYZxyz(24.6776, 16.9326, 57.2152)
Luminance0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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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
##8A5AC91.004.794.394.79
#FFFFFF4.791.0021.001.00
#0000004.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.791.0021.001.00

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

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#8A5AC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva