#8A5BBD#8A5BBD

#8A5BBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.151 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BBD
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 189)
HSL	hsl(269, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 38.83, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 59.11, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.0849 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.151 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4056, 16.5596, 50.0975)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BBD #8EBD5B

analogous

#5B5DBD #8A5BBD #BB5BBD

triadic

#8A5BBD #BD8A5B #5BBD8A

tetradic

#8A5BBD #BD5B5D #8EBD5B #5BBDBB

square

#8A5BBD #BD5B5D #8EBD5B #5BBDBB

split-complementary

#8A5BBD #BDBB5B #5DBD5B

monochromatic

#4D2D70 #6B3F9C #8A5BBD #A987CF #C8B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8A5BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8A5BBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BBD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BBD	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C70C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4971BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.151 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd1',
    500: '#8a5bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bbd;
$custom-light: #af8bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56529,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BBD

secondary

#BBCFA5

accent

#D25596

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BBD

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

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