#8A5AD1#8A5AD1

#8A5AD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.177 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AD1
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 209)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 56.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 44.38, -54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 70.33, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.0871 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.177 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6432, 17.3188, 62.3011)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AD1 #A1D15A

analogous

#5A65D1 #8A5AD1 #C55AD1

triadic

#8A5AD1 #D18A5A #5AD18A

tetradic

#8A5AD1 #D15A65 #A1D15A #5AD1C5

square

#8A5AD1 #D15A65 #A1D15A #5AD1C5

split-complementary

#8A5AD1 #D1C55A #65D15A

monochromatic

#4F278A #6A34BA #8A5AD1 #AC8ADE #CEBAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A5AD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8A5AD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AD1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AD1	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2273D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3573CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B728D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.177 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ae0',
    500: '#8a5ad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ad1;
$custom-light: #b08ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.202,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57615,
    "c": 0.17739,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AD1

secondary

#C8DBAC

accent

#E048A3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AD1

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

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