#8A5AEE#8A5AEE

#8A5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.212 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AEE
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 51.90, -67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 85.48, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.086 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.212 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5659, 18.8879, 82.9603)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AEE #BEEE5A

analogous

#5A74EE #8A5AEE #D45AEE

triadic

#8A5AEE #EE8A5A #5AEE8A

tetradic

#8A5AEE #EE5A74 #BEEE5A #5AEED4

square

#8A5AEE #EE5A74 #BEEE5A #5AEED4

split-complementary

#8A5AEE #EED45A #74EE5A

monochromatic

#4913BA #6323E8 #8A5AEE #B191F4 #D9C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AEE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AEE	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.212 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf4',
    500: '#8a5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5aee;
$custom-light: #b38bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59603,
    "c": 0.21205,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AEE

secondary

#DBECB8

accent

#DE0898

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AEE

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

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