#8A5BC8#8A5BC8

#8A5BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.165 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BC8
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 41.55, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 64.95, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.0856 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.165 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6452, 17.0555, 56.6260)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BC8 #99C85B

analogous

#5B62C8 #8A5BC8 #C15BC8

triadic

#8A5BC8 #C88A5B #5BC88A

tetradic

#8A5BC8 #C85B62 #99C85B #5BC8C1

square

#8A5BC8 #C85B62 #99C85B #5BC8C1

split-complementary

#8A5BC8 #C8C15B #62C85B

monochromatic

#4F2A7E #6B3AAC #8A5BC8 #AB89D7 #CBB7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8A5BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8A5BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BC8

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BC8	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3172CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4072C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.165 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd9',
    500: '#8a5bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bc8;
$custom-light: #af8bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57198,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BC8

secondary

#C2D6A9

accent

#D94F9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BC8

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

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