#8A5BB9#8A5BB9

#8A5BB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.146 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BB9
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(270, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 50.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 37.86, -42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 56.99, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0846 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.146 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9774, 16.3884, 47.8423)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BB9 #8AB95B

analogous

#5B5BB9 #8A5BB9 #B95BB9

triadic

#8A5BB9 #B98A5B #5BB98A

tetradic

#8A5BB9 #B95B5B #8AB95B #5BB9B9

square

#8A5BB9 #B95B5B #8AB95B #5BB9B9

split-complementary

#8A5BB9 #B9B95B #5BB95B

monochromatic

#4D2E6C #6B4097 #8A5BB9 #A986CB #C7B1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#8A5BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8A5BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BB9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BB9	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F6FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C71B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.146 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bce',
    500: '#8a5bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bb9;
$custom-light: #ae8bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56294,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BB9

secondary

#B8CCA4

accent

#D05894

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BB9

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

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