#8A5AD6#8A5AD6

#8A5AD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.183 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AD6
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 214)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 57.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 45.66, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 72.96, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.0871 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.183 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2720, 17.5703, 65.6126)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AD6 #A6D65A

analogous

#5A68D6 #8A5AD6 #C85AD6

triadic

#8A5AD6 #D68A5A #5AD68A

tetradic

#8A5AD6 #D65A68 #A6D65A #5AD6C8

square

#8A5AD6 #D65A68 #A6D65A #5AD6C8

split-complementary

#8A5AD6 #D6C85A #68D65A

monochromatic

#4E2491 #6930C2 #8A5AD6 #AD8BE2 #D0BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A5AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A5AD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AD6

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AD6	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1774DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F73D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.183 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae3',
    500: '#8a5ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ad6;
$custom-light: #b18ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57943,
    "c": 0.18344,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AD6

secondary

#CBDEAE

accent

#E344A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AD6

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

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