#8A5BC4#8A5BC4

#8A5BC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.160 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BC4
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 196)
HSL	hsl(267, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 53.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 40.55, -47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 62.83, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.0854 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.16 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1839, 16.8709, 54.1962)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BC4 #95C45B

analogous

#5B61C4 #8A5BC4 #BF5BC4

triadic

#8A5BC4 #C48A5B #5BC48A

tetradic

#8A5BC4 #C45B61 #95C45B #5BC4BF

square

#8A5BC4 #C45B61 #95C45B #5BC4BF

split-complementary

#8A5BC4 #C4BF5B #61C45B

monochromatic

#4E2C79 #6B3CA6 #8A5BC4 #AA88D4 #CAB5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8A5BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8A5BC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BC4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BC4	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3571C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4472C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.160 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd6',
    500: '#8a5bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bc4;
$custom-light: #af8bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56951,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BC4

secondary

#C0D3A8

accent

#D7519B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BC4

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

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