#8A5AD7#8A5AD7

#8A5AD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.185 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AD7
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 215)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 58.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 45.91, -57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 73.49, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.0871 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.185 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4001, 17.6216, 66.2872)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AD7 #A7D75A

analogous

#5A68D7 #8A5AD7 #C95AD7

triadic

#8A5AD7 #D78A5A #5AD78A

tetradic

#8A5AD7 #D75A68 #A7D75A #5AD7C9

square

#8A5AD7 #D75A68 #A7D75A #5AD7C9

split-complementary

#8A5AD7 #D7C95A #68D75A

monochromatic

#4E2493 #6930C4 #8A5AD7 #AD8BE3 #D0BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A5AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A5AD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AD7

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AD7	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1475DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D73D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.185 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae4',
    500: '#8a5ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ad7;
$custom-light: #b18ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.04,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5801,
    "c": 0.18465,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AD7

secondary

#CCDFAE

accent

#E444A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AD7

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

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