#8A5AD5#8A5AD5

#8A5AD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.182 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AD5
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 213)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 57.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 45.40, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 72.44, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.0871 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.182 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1447, 17.5194, 64.9420)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AD5 #A5D55A

analogous

#5A68D5 #8A5AD5 #C85AD5

triadic

#8A5AD5 #D58A5A #5AD58A

tetradic

#8A5AD5 #D55A68 #A5D55A #5AD5C8

square

#8A5AD5 #D55A68 #A5D55A #5AD5C8

split-complementary

#8A5AD5 #D5C85A #68D55A

monochromatic

#4F2590 #6931C1 #8A5AD5 #AD8BE1 #CFBCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A5AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A5AD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AD5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AD5	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1974D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3073D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.182 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ae3',
    500: '#8a5ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ad5;
$custom-light: #b08ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.415,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57877,
    "c": 0.18224,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AD5

secondary

#CBDDAD

accent

#E345A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AD5

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

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