#8A5BB6#8A5BB6

#8A5BB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.143 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB6
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 182)
HSL	hsl(271, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 50%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 37.13, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 55.40, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.0843 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.143 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6641, 16.2630, 46.1920)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB6 #87B65B

analogous

#5C5BB6 #8A5BB6 #B65BB4

triadic

#8A5BB6 #B68A5B #5BB68A

tetradic

#8A5BB6 #B65C5B #87B65B #5BB4B6

square

#8A5BB6 #B65C5B #87B65B #5BB4B6

split-complementary

#8A5BB6 #B4B65B #5BB65C

monochromatic

#4C2E68 #6B4193 #8A5BB6 #A885C9 #C6B0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A5BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A5BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB6	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#416FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E71B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.143 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bcc',
    500: '#8a5bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb6;
$custom-light: #ae8bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56121,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB6

secondary

#B6CAA3

accent

#CE5992

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB6

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

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