#8A5BD0#8A5BD0

#8A5BD0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.175 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD0
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 208)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 56.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 43.57, -53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 69.19, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.0858 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.175 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6047, 17.4393, 61.6794)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD0 #A1D05B

analogous

#5B66D0 #8A5BD0 #C55BD0

triadic

#8A5BD0 #D08A5B #5BD08A

tetradic

#8A5BD0 #D05B66 #A1D05B #5BD0C5

square

#8A5BD0 #D05B66 #A1D05B #5BD0C5

split-complementary

#8A5BD0 #D0C55B #66D05B

monochromatic

#4F2789 #6A35B9 #8A5BD0 #AC8BDE #CEBAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8A5BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8A5BD0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD0

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD0	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2674D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3873CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.175 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bdf',
    500: '#8a5bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd0;
$custom-light: #b08bdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57705,
    "c": 0.1747,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD0

secondary

#C8DBAC

accent

#DF49A3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD0

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

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