#8A5BB8#8A5BB8

#8A5BB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB8
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 184)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 50.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 37.61, -42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 56.46, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.0845 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.145 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8722, 16.3463, 47.2883)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB8 #89B85B

analogous

#5C5BB8 #8A5BB8 #B85BB7

triadic

#8A5BB8 #B88A5B #5BB88A

tetradic

#8A5BB8 #B85C5B #89B85B #5BB7B8

square

#8A5BB8 #B85C5B #89B85B #5BB7B8

split-complementary

#8A5BB8 #B7B85B #5BB85C

monochromatic

#4D2E6A #6B4195 #8A5BB8 #A886CA #C7B0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8A5BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8A5BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB8

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB8	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D71B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bce',
    500: '#8a5bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb8;
$custom-light: #ae8bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.323,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56236,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB8

secondary

#B7CBA4

accent

#CF5893

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB8

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

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