#8A5AED#8A5AED

#8A5AED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.211 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AED
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 51.64, -67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 84.96, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.0861 -0.1925)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.211 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4194, 18.8293, 82.1887)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AED #BDED5A

analogous

#5A74ED #8A5AED #D45AED

triadic

#8A5AED #ED8A5A #5AED8A

tetradic

#8A5AED #ED5A74 #BDED5A #5AEDD4

square

#8A5AED #ED5A74 #BDED5A #5AEDD4

split-complementary

#8A5AED #EDD45A #74ED5A

monochromatic

#4A14B8 #6323E7 #8A5AED #B191F3 #D8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A5AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A5AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AED

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AED	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.211 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf4',
    500: '#8a5aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5aed;
$custom-light: #b38bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59531,
    "c": 0.21087,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AED

secondary

#DAEBB8

accent

#DD0997

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AED

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

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