#8A5BC3#8A5BC3

#8A5BC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.159 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BC3
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 195)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 53.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 40.31, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 62.30, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.0853 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.159 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0704, 16.8256, 53.5987)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BC3 #94C35B

analogous

#5B60C3 #8A5BC3 #BE5BC3

triadic

#8A5BC3 #C38A5B #5BC38A

tetradic

#8A5BC3 #C35B60 #94C35B #5BC3BE

square

#8A5BC3 #C35B60 #94C35B #5BC3BE

split-complementary

#8A5BC3 #C3BE5B #60C35B

monochromatic

#4E2C78 #6B3CA5 #8A5BC3 #AA88D3 #CAB5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A5BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A5BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BC3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BC3	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3671C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4572C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.159 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd6',
    500: '#8a5bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bc3;
$custom-light: #af8bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.115,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5689,
    "c": 0.15876,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BC3

secondary

#BFD2A7

accent

#D6529A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BC3

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

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