#8A5BBC#8A5BBC

#8A5BBC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.150 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BBC
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 188)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 38.58, -44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 58.58, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.0848 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.15 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2975, 16.5164, 49.5278)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BBC #8DBC5B

analogous

#5B5DBC #8A5BBC #BA5BBC

triadic

#8A5BBC #BC8A5B #5BBC8A

tetradic

#8A5BBC #BC5B5D #8DBC5B #5BBCBA

square

#8A5BBC #BC5B5D #8DBC5B #5BBCBA

split-complementary

#8A5BBC #BCBA5B #5DBC5B

monochromatic

#4D2D6F #6B3F9B #8A5BBC #A986CE #C8B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8A5BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A5BBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BBC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BBC	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C70BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A71BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.150 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd1',
    500: '#8a5bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bbc;
$custom-light: #af8bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.072,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5647,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BBC

secondary

#BACEA5

accent

#D25696

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BBC

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

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