#8A5AD9#8A5AD9

#8A5AD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.187 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AD9
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 217)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 58.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 46.43, -58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 74.54, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.087 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.187 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6586, 17.7250, 67.6489)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AD9 #A9D95A

analogous

#5A69D9 #8A5AD9 #C95AD9

triadic

#8A5AD9 #D98A5A #5AD98A

tetradic

#8A5AD9 #D95A69 #A9D95A #5AD9C9

square

#8A5AD9 #D95A69 #A9D95A #5AD9C9

split-complementary

#8A5AD9 #D9C95A #69D95A

monochromatic

#4E2396 #682EC8 #8A5AD9 #AD8CE4 #D1BDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8A5AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8A5AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5AD9

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5AD9	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D75DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A73D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.187 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ae5',
    500: '#8a5ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ad9;
$custom-light: #b18ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.677,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58143,
    "c": 0.18706,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AD9

secondary

#CDE0AF

accent

#CA1B88

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AD9

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

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