#8A5AE3#8A5AE3

#8A5AE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.199 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AE3
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 49.02, -62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 79.77, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.0867 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.199 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9989, 18.2611, 74.7077)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AE3 #B3E35A

analogous

#5A6FE3 #8A5AE3 #CF5AE3

triadic

#8A5AE3 #E38A5A #5AE38A

tetradic

#8A5AE3 #E35A6F #B3E35A #5AE3CF

square

#8A5AE3 #E35A6F #B3E35A #5AE3CF

split-complementary

#8A5AE3 #E3CF5A #6FE35A

monochromatic

#4D1CA6 #6526DA #8A5AE3 #AF8EEC #D4C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A5AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A5AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AE3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AE3	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1275E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.199 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bed',
    500: '#8a5ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ae3;
$custom-light: #b28bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.022,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58825,
    "c": 0.19904,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AE3

secondary

#D4E6B3

accent

#D31290

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AE3

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

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