#8A5BC9#8A5BC9

#8A5BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.166 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BC9
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 41.80, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 65.48, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.0856 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.166 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.7625, 17.1024, 57.2435)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BC9 #9AC95B

analogous

#5B63C9 #8A5BC9 #C15BC9

triadic

#8A5BC9 #C98A5B #5BC98A

tetradic

#8A5BC9 #C95B63 #9AC95B #5BC9C1

square

#8A5BC9 #C95B63 #9AC95B #5BC9C1

split-complementary

#8A5BC9 #C9C15B #63C95B

monochromatic

#4F2A80 #6B39AE #8A5BC9 #AB89D8 #CCB7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A5BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A5BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BC9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BC9	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3072CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F72C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.166 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bda',
    500: '#8a5bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bc9;
$custom-light: #af8bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.636,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57261,
    "c": 0.16614,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.17102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BC9

secondary

#C3D6AA

accent

#DA4E9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BC9

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

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