#8A5BB7#8A5BB7

#8A5BB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.144 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB7
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 183)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 50%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 50.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 37.37, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 55.93, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.0844 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.144 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7678, 16.3045, 46.7382)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB7 #88B75B

analogous

#5C5BB7 #8A5BB7 #B75BB6

triadic

#8A5BB7 #B78A5B #5BB78A

tetradic

#8A5BB7 #B75C5B #88B75B #5BB6B7

square

#8A5BB7 #B75C5B #88B75B #5BB6B7

split-complementary

#8A5BB7 #B6B75B #5BB75C

monochromatic

#4C2E69 #6B4194 #8A5BB7 #A886CA #C7B0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8A5BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A5BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB7

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB7	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E71B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.144 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bcd',
    500: '#8a5bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb7;
$custom-light: #ae8bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56178,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB7

secondary

#B6CBA3

accent

#CF5993

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB7

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

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