#8A5AE2#8A5AE2

#8A5AE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.198 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AE2
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 48.76, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 79.25, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0867 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.198 296)
XYZ	xyz(27.8613, 18.2061, 73.9830)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AE2 #B2E25A

analogous

#5A6EE2 #8A5AE2 #CE5AE2

triadic

#8A5AE2 #E28A5A #5AE28A

tetradic

#8A5AE2 #E25A6E #B2E25A #5AE2CE

square

#8A5AE2 #E25A6E #B2E25A #5AE2CE

split-complementary

#8A5AE2 #E2CE5A #6EE25A

monochromatic

#4D1DA5 #6526D9 #8A5AE2 #AF8EEB #D4C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A5AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8A5AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AE2

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AE2	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1674DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.198 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bec',
    500: '#8a5ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ae2;
$custom-light: #b28bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58756,
    "c": 0.19784,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.18207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AE2

secondary

#D3E5B3

accent

#D2138F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AE2

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

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