#8A5AEC#8A5AEC

#8A5AEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.210 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AEC
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 51.38, -67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 84.45, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0861 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.21 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2737, 18.7710, 81.4214)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AEC #BCEC5A

analogous

#5A73EC #8A5AEC #D35AEC

triadic

#8A5AEC #EC8A5A #5AEC8A

tetradic

#8A5AEC #EC5A73 #BCEC5A #5AECD3

square

#8A5AEC #EC5A73 #BCEC5A #5AECD3

split-complementary

#8A5AEC #ECD35A #73EC5A

monochromatic

#4A15B7 #6323E6 #8A5AEC #B191F2 #D8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A5AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A5AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AEC

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AEC	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.210 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bf3',
    500: '#8a5aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5aec;
$custom-light: #b28bf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.726,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59459,
    "c": 0.20969,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AEC

secondary

#DAEBB7

accent

#DC0A97

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AEC

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

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