#8A5AE4#8A5AE4

#8A5AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.200 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AE4
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 49.28, -63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 80.29, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.0866 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.2 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1373, 18.3165, 75.4367)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AE4 #B4E45A

analogous

#5A6FE4 #8A5AE4 #CF5AE4

triadic

#8A5AE4 #E48A5A #5AE48A

tetradic

#8A5AE4 #E45A6F #B4E45A #5AE4CF

square

#8A5AE4 #E45A6F #B4E45A #5AE4CF

split-complementary

#8A5AE4 #E4CF5A #6FE45A

monochromatic

#4C1CA8 #6525DB #8A5AE4 #AF8FED #D5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8A5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8A5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AE4

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AE4	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E75E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.200 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bed',
    500: '#8a5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ae4;
$custom-light: #b28bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58895,
    "c": 0.20022,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AE4

secondary

#D5E6B4

accent

#D41290

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AE4

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

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