#8A5BCA#8A5BCA

#8A5BCA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.167 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BCA
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 202)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 55%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 42.05, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 66.01, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.0857 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.167 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8805, 17.1496, 57.8651)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BCA #9BCA5B

analogous

#5B64CA #8A5BCA #C15BCA

triadic

#8A5BCA #CA8A5B #5BCA8A

tetradic

#8A5BCA #CA5B64 #9BCA5B #5BCAC1

square

#8A5BCA #CA5B64 #9BCA5B #5BCAC1

split-complementary

#8A5BCA #CAC15B #64CA5B

monochromatic

#4F2A81 #6B39AF #8A5BCA #AB89D9 #CCB8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A5BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A5BCA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BCA

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BCA	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E73CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E72C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.167 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bdb',
    500: '#8a5bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bca;
$custom-light: #b08bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.405,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57323,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BCA

secondary

#C4D7AA

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BCA

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

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