#8A5AE5#8A5AE5

#8A5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.201 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AE5
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 49.54, -63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 80.81, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.0866 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.201 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2765, 18.3722, 76.1699)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AE5 #B5E55A

analogous

#5A70E5 #8A5AE5 #CF5AE5

triadic

#8A5AE5 #E58A5A #5AE58A

tetradic

#8A5AE5 #E55A70 #B5E55A #5AE5CF

square

#8A5AE5 #E55A70 #B5E55A #5AE5CF

split-complementary

#8A5AE5 #E5CF5A #70E55A

monochromatic

#4C1BAA #6525DD #8A5AE5 #AF8FED #D5C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8A5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8A5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AE5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AE5	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0975E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.201 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bee',
    500: '#8a5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ae5;
$custom-light: #b28bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.719,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58965,
    "c": 0.20141,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AE5

secondary

#D5E7B4

accent

#D51191

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AE5

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

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