#8A5BD3#8A5BD3

#8A5BD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.178 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD3
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 211)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 56.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 44.34, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 70.77, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0859 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.178 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9773, 17.5883, 63.6417)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD3 #A4D35B

analogous

#5B68D3 #8A5BD3 #C65BD3

triadic

#8A5BD3 #D38A5B #5BD38A

tetradic

#8A5BD3 #D35B68 #A4D35B #5BD3C6

square

#8A5BD3 #D35B68 #A4D35B #5BD3C6

split-complementary

#8A5BD3 #D3C65B #68D35B

monochromatic

#4F268E #6933BE #8A5BD3 #AC8BE0 #CFBCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A5BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A5BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD3	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2174D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3473D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A748E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.178 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08be1',
    500: '#8a5bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd3;
$custom-light: #b08be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.579,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD3

secondary

#CADCAD

accent

#E147A5

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD3

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

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