#8A5BD1#8A5BD1

#8A5BD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.176 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD1
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 209)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 56.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 43.83, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 69.72, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.0858 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.176 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7281, 17.4887, 62.3294)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD1 #A2D15B

analogous

#5B67D1 #8A5BD1 #C55BD1

triadic

#8A5BD1 #D18A5B #5BD18A

tetradic

#8A5BD1 #D15B67 #A2D15B #5BD1C5

square

#8A5BD1 #D15B67 #A2D15B #5BD1C5

split-complementary

#8A5BD1 #D1C55B #67D15B

monochromatic

#4F278B #6A34BA #8A5BD1 #AC8BDE #CEBBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8A5BD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A5BD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD1	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2574D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3773CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.176 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08be0',
    500: '#8a5bd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd1;
$custom-light: #b08be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.898,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5777,
    "c": 0.17592,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD1

secondary

#C9DBAD

accent

#DF48A3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD1

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

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