#8A5BCE#8A5BCE

#8A5BCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.172 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BCE
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 55.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 43.07, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 68.13, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.0858 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.172 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3602, 17.3415, 60.3917)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BCE #9FCE5B

analogous

#5B65CE #8A5BCE #C45BCE

triadic

#8A5BCE #CE8A5B #5BCE8A

tetradic

#8A5BCE #CE5B65 #9FCE5B #5BCEC4

square

#8A5BCE #CE5B65 #9FCE5B #5BCEC4

split-complementary

#8A5BCE #CEC45B #65CE5B

monochromatic

#4F2886 #6A36B6 #8A5BCE #AC8ADC #CDB9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A5BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8A5BCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BCE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BCE	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2973D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A73CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.172 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bde',
    500: '#8a5bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bce;
$custom-light: #b08bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.522,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57577,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BCE

secondary

#C7D9AB

accent

#DD4AA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BCE

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

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