#8A5AEB#8A5AEB

#8A5AEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.209 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AEB
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 61.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 51.11, -66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 83.93, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0862 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.209 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1288, 18.7130, 80.6584)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AEB #BBEB5A

analogous

#5A72EB #8A5AEB #D25AEB

triadic

#8A5AEB #EB8A5A #5AEB8A

tetradic

#8A5AEB #EB5A72 #BBEB5A #5AEBD2

square

#8A5AEB #EB5A72 #BBEB5A #5AEBD2

split-complementary

#8A5AEB #EBD25A #72EB5A

monochromatic

#4A16B5 #6323E4 #8A5AEB #B191F2 #D7C7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A5AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A5AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AEB

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AEB	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.209 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bf2',
    500: '#8a5aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5aeb;
$custom-light: #b28bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.862,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59388,
    "c": 0.20852,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AEB

secondary

#D9EAB7

accent

#DB0B96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AEB

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

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