#8A5BB3#8A5BB3

#8A5BB3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.139 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB3
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 49.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 36.42, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 53.81, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.0839 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.139 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3574, 16.1403, 44.5767)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB3 #84B35B

analogous

#5E5BB3 #8A5BB3 #B35BB0

triadic

#8A5BB3 #B38A5B #5BB38A

tetradic

#8A5BB3 #B35E5B #84B35B #5BB0B3

square

#8A5BB3 #B35E5B #84B35B #5BB0B3

split-complementary

#8A5BB3 #B0B35B #5BB35E

monochromatic

#4C2F65 #6B428F #8A5BB3 #A885C6 #C6AFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A5BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A5BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB3

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB3	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5070B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.139 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bca',
    500: '#8a5bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb3;
$custom-light: #ae8bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5595,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB3

secondary

#B4C8A2

accent

#CD5B90

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB3

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

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