#8A5BC5#8A5BC5

#8A5BC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.161 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BC5
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 197)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 53.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 40.80, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 63.36, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0855 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.161 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.2981, 16.9166, 54.7976)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BC5 #96C55B

analogous

#5B61C5 #8A5BC5 #BF5BC5

triadic

#8A5BC5 #C58A5B #5BC58A

tetradic

#8A5BC5 #C55B61 #96C55B #5BC5BF

square

#8A5BC5 #C55B61 #96C55B #5BC5BF

split-complementary

#8A5BC5 #C5BF5B #61C55B

monochromatic

#4E2B7A #6B3BA8 #8A5BC5 #AA88D5 #CBB5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A5BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A5BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BC5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BC5	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3472C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4372C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.161 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd7',
    500: '#8a5bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bc5;
$custom-light: #af8bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.604,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57012,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.16917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BC5

secondary

#C0D4A8

accent

#D7509C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BC5

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

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