#8A5AD8#8A5AD8

#8A5AD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.186 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AD8
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 58.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 46.17, -57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 74.01, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.087 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.186 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5290, 17.6731, 66.9660)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AD8 #A8D85A

analogous

#5A69D8 #8A5AD8 #C95AD8

triadic

#8A5AD8 #D88A5A #5AD88A

tetradic

#8A5AD8 #D85A69 #A8D85A #5AD8C9

square

#8A5AD8 #D85A69 #A8D85A #5AD8C9

split-complementary

#8A5AD8 #D8C95A #69D85A

monochromatic

#4E2395 #682FC6 #8A5AD8 #AD8BE4 #D0BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A5AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A5AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AD8

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AD8	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1175DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C73D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.186 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae5',
    500: '#8a5ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ad8;
$custom-light: #b18ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58076,
    "c": 0.18586,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AD8

secondary

#CDDFAF

accent

#E543A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AD8

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

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