#8A5BCB#8A5BCB

#8A5BCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.169 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BCB
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 55.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 42.31, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 66.54, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.0857 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.169 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9993, 17.1971, 58.4907)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BCB #9CCB5B

analogous

#5B64CB #8A5BCB #C25BCB

triadic

#8A5BCB #CB8A5B #5BCB8A

tetradic

#8A5BCB #CB5B64 #9CCB5B #5BCBC2

square

#8A5BCB #CB5B64 #9CCB5B #5BCBC2

split-complementary

#8A5BCB #CBC25B #64CB5B

monochromatic

#4F2982 #6B38B1 #8A5BCB #AB89DA #CCB8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8A5BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8A5BCB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BCB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BCB	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D73CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D73C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.169 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bdb',
    500: '#8a5bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bcb;
$custom-light: #b08bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57386,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BCB

secondary

#C5D7AA

accent

#DB4C9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BCB

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

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