#8A5BD2#8A5BD2

#8A5BD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.177 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD2
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 210)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 44.08, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 70.25, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0858 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.177 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.8523, 17.5383, 62.9835)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD2 #A3D25B

analogous

#5B68D2 #8A5BD2 #C55BD2

triadic

#8A5BD2 #D28A5B #5BD28A

tetradic

#8A5BD2 #D25B68 #A3D25B #5BD2C5

square

#8A5BD2 #D25B68 #A3D25B #5BD2C5

split-complementary

#8A5BD2 #D2C55B #68D25B

monochromatic

#4F268C #6A34BC #8A5BD2 #AC8BDF #CFBBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A5BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A5BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD2	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2374D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3673CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A738E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.177 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08be0',
    500: '#8a5bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd2;
$custom-light: #b08be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.697,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57834,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD2

secondary

#C9DCAD

accent

#E048A4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD2

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