#8A5AE7#8A5AE7

#8A5AE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.204 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AE7
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 61%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 50.06, -64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 81.85, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0865 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.204 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5574, 18.4845, 77.6491)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AE7 #B7E75A

analogous

#5A70E7 #8A5AE7 #D15AE7

triadic

#8A5AE7 #E78A5A #5AE78A

tetradic

#8A5AE7 #E75A70 #B7E75A #5AE7D1

square

#8A5AE7 #E75A70 #B7E75A #5AE7D1

split-complementary

#8A5AE7 #E7D15A #70E75A

monochromatic

#4C19AD #6425DF #8A5AE7 #B08FEF #D6C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A5AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A5AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AE7

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AE7	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.204 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bef',
    500: '#8a5ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ae7;
$custom-light: #b28bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.426,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59105,
    "c": 0.20379,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AE7

secondary

#D6E8B5

accent

#D70F93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AE7

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

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