#8A5BC7#8A5BC7

#8A5BC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.164 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BC7
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 199)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 54.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 41.30, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 64.42, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0855 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.164 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5287, 17.0089, 56.0125)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BC7 #98C75B

analogous

#5B62C7 #8A5BC7 #C05BC7

triadic

#8A5BC7 #C78A5B #5BC78A

tetradic

#8A5BC7 #C75B62 #98C75B #5BC7C0

square

#8A5BC7 #C75B62 #98C75B #5BC7C0

split-complementary

#8A5BC7 #C7C05B #62C75B

monochromatic

#4E2B7D #6B3AAB #8A5BC7 #AB89D7 #CBB6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8A5BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8A5BC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BC7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BC7	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3272CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4172C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.164 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd8',
    500: '#8a5bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bc7;
$custom-light: #af8bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.111,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57136,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BC7

secondary

#C2D5A9

accent

#D94F9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BC7

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

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