#8A5AE1#8A5AE1

#8A5AE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.197 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AE1
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 48.50, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 78.73, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.0868 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.197 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7245, 18.1513, 73.2624)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AE1 #B1E15A

analogous

#5A6EE1 #8A5AE1 #CD5AE1

triadic

#8A5AE1 #E18A5A #5AE18A

tetradic

#8A5AE1 #E15A6E #B1E15A #5AE1CD

square

#8A5AE1 #E15A6E #B1E15A #5AE1CD

split-complementary

#8A5AE1 #E1CD5A #6EE15A

monochromatic

#4D1EA3 #6627D7 #8A5AE1 #AF8EEA #D3C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8A5AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8A5AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AE1

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AE1	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1974DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.197 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18beb',
    500: '#8a5ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ae1;
$custom-light: #b18beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58687,
    "c": 0.19665,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AE1

secondary

#D3E4B2

accent

#D1148E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AE1

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

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