#8A5BB5#8A5BB5

#8A5BB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.141 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB5
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(271, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 49.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 36.89, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 54.87, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.0842 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.141 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5611, 16.2218, 45.6497)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB5 #86B55B

analogous

#5D5BB5 #8A5BB5 #B55BB3

triadic

#8A5BB5 #B58A5B #5BB58A

tetradic

#8A5BB5 #B55D5B #86B55B #5BB3B5

square

#8A5BB5 #B55D5B #86B55B #5BB3B5

split-complementary

#8A5BB5 #B3B55B #5BB55D

monochromatic

#4C2F67 #6B4291 #8A5BB5 #A885C8 #C6AFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8A5BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8A5BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB5

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB5	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F70B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.141 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bcb',
    500: '#8a5bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb5;
$custom-light: #ae8bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56064,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB5

secondary

#B5C9A3

accent

#CE5A91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB5

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

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