#8A5BB4#8A5BB4

#8A5BB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.140 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB4
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 180)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 49.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 36.65, -40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 54.34, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.084 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.14 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4589, 16.1809, 45.1112)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB4 #85B45B

analogous

#5D5BB4 #8A5BB4 #B45BB1

triadic

#8A5BB4 #B48A5B #5BB48A

tetradic

#8A5BB4 #B45D5B #85B45B #5BB1B4

square

#8A5BB4 #B45D5B #85B45B #5BB1B4

split-complementary

#8A5BB4 #B1B45B #5BB45D

monochromatic

#4C2F66 #6B4290 #8A5BB4 #A885C7 #C6AFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8A5BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8A5BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB4

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB4	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5070B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.140 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bcb',
    500: '#8a5bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb4;
$custom-light: #ae8bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56007,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB4

secondary

#B4C9A2

accent

#CD5B91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB4

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

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