#8A5ACE#8A5ACE

#8A5ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.174 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ACE
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 56.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 43.62, -53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 68.74, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.087 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.174 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2753, 17.1717, 60.3634)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ACE #9ECE5A

analogous

#5A64CE #8A5ACE #C45ACE

triadic

#8A5ACE #CE8A5A #5ACE8A

tetradic

#8A5ACE #CE5A64 #9ECE5A #5ACEC4

square

#8A5ACE #CE5A64 #9ECE5A #5ACEC4

split-complementary

#8A5ACE #CEC45A #64CE5A

monochromatic

#4F2886 #6A36B5 #8A5ACE #AB89DC #CDB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A5ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A5ACE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5ACE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5ACE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2773D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3972CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.174 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ade',
    500: '#8a5ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ace;
$custom-light: #b08ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57421,
    "c": 0.17375,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ACE

secondary

#C6D9AB

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ACE

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

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