#8A5BB2#8A5BB2

#8A5BB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.138 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB2
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 48.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 36.18, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 53.28, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.0838 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.138 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2566, 16.1000, 44.0460)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB2 #83B25B

analogous

#5E5BB2 #8A5BB2 #B25BAE

triadic

#8A5BB2 #B28A5B #5BB28A

tetradic

#8A5BB2 #B25E5B #83B25B #5BAEB2

square

#8A5BB2 #B25E5B #83B25B #5BAEB2

split-complementary

#8A5BB2 #AEB25B #5BB25E

monochromatic

#4B2F64 #6B428D #8A5BB2 #A885C6 #C5AED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8A5BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8A5BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB2

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB2	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5170B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.138 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bc9',
    500: '#8a5bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb2;
$custom-light: #ae8bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55894,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB2

secondary

#B3C7A2

accent

#CC5C8F

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB2

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

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