#8A5BBB#8A5BBB

#8A5BBB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.149 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BBB
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 187)
HSL	hsl(269, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 51.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 38.34, -43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 58.05, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.0847 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.149 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1900, 16.4734, 48.9621)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BBB #8CBB5B

analogous

#5B5CBB #8A5BBB #BA5BBB

triadic

#8A5BBB #BB8A5B #5BBB8A

tetradic

#8A5BBB #BB5B5C #8CBB5B #5BBBBA

square

#8A5BBB #BB5B5C #8CBB5B #5BBBBA

split-complementary

#8A5BBB #BBBA5B #5CBB5B

monochromatic

#4D2E6E #6B4099 #8A5BBB #A986CD #C8B2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A5BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A5BBB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BBB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BBB	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D70BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B71B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.149 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd0',
    500: '#8a5bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bbb;
$custom-light: #af8bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.375,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56411,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BBB

secondary

#B9CDA5

accent

#D15795

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BBB

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

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