#8A5AD0#8A5AD0

#8A5AD0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.176 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AD0
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 208)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 56.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 44.13, -54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 69.80, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.0871 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.176 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5198, 17.2695, 61.6511)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AD0 #A0D05A

analogous

#5A65D0 #8A5AD0 #C55AD0

triadic

#8A5AD0 #D08A5A #5AD08A

tetradic

#8A5AD0 #D05A65 #A0D05A #5AD0C5

square

#8A5AD0 #D05A65 #A0D05A #5AD0C5

split-complementary

#8A5AD0 #D0C55A #65D05A

monochromatic

#4F2789 #6A34B8 #8A5AD0 #AC8ADE #CEB9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8A5AD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8A5AD0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AD0

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AD0	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2373D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3772CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.176 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08adf',
    500: '#8a5ad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ad0;
$custom-light: #b08adf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.407,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5755,
    "c": 0.17617,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AD0

secondary

#C7DAAB

accent

#DF49A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AD0

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

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