#8A5AF0#8A5AF0

#8A5AF0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.214 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5AF0
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 240)
HSL	hsl(259, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 62.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 52.43, -68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 86.51, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.0858 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.214 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8613, 19.0061, 84.5164)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5AF0 #C0F05A

analogous

#5A75F0 #8A5AF0 #D55AF0

triadic

#8A5AF0 #F08A5A #5AF08A

tetradic

#8A5AF0 #F05A75 #C0F05A #5AF0D5

square

#8A5AF0 #F05A75 #C0F05A #5AF0D5

split-complementary

#8A5AF0 #F0D55A #75F05A

monochromatic

#4911BE #6222EB #8A5AF0 #B292F5 #DACAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8A5AF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A5AF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5AF0

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5AF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5AF0	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5af0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.214 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38bf6',
    500: '#8a5af0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5af0;
$custom-light: #b38bf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5af0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59747,
    "c": 0.21439,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5AF0

secondary

#DCEDB9

accent

#E0069A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5AF0

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

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