#8A5BC1#8A5BC1

#8A5BC1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.156 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BC1
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 193)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 52.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 39.81, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 61.24, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.0852 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.156 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.8458, 16.7357, 52.4158)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BC1 #92C15B

analogous

#5B5FC1 #8A5BC1 #BD5BC1

triadic

#8A5BC1 #C18A5B #5BC18A

tetradic

#8A5BC1 #C15B5F #92C15B #5BC1BD

square

#8A5BC1 #C15B5F #92C15B #5BC1BD

split-complementary

#8A5BC1 #C1BD5B #5FC15B

monochromatic

#4E2C75 #6B3DA2 #8A5BC1 #AA87D2 #C9B4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8A5BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8A5BC1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BC1

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BC1	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3871C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4672BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.156 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd4',
    500: '#8a5bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bc1;
$custom-light: #af8bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.647,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56769,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.16736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BC1

secondary

#BED1A7

accent

#D55399

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BC1

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

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