#8A5AE8#8A5AE8

#8A5AE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.205 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AE8
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 61.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 50.33, -65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 82.37, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0864 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.205 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6990, 18.5411, 78.3950)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AE8 #B8E85A

analogous

#5A71E8 #8A5AE8 #D15AE8

triadic

#8A5AE8 #E88A5A #5AE88A

tetradic

#8A5AE8 #E85A71 #B8E85A #5AE8D1

square

#8A5AE8 #E85A71 #B8E85A #5AE8D1

split-complementary

#8A5AE8 #E8D15A #71E85A

monochromatic

#4B18AF #6424E1 #8A5AE8 #B090EF #D6C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8A5AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8A5AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AE8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AE8	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.205 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bf0',
    500: '#8a5ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ae8;
$custom-light: #b28bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59175,
    "c": 0.20497,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AE8

secondary

#D7E8B5

accent

#D80E93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AE8

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

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