#8A5BD4#8A5BD4

#8A5BD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.180 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD4
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 212)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 57.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 44.59, -55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 71.30, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.0859 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.18 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1031, 17.6386, 64.3039)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD4 #A5D45B

analogous

#5B69D4 #8A5BD4 #C75BD4

triadic

#8A5BD4 #D48A5B #5BD48A

tetradic

#8A5BD4 #D45B69 #A5D45B #5BD4C7

square

#8A5BD4 #D45B69 #A5D45B #5BD4C7

split-complementary

#8A5BD4 #D4C75B #69D45B

monochromatic

#4F268F #6932C0 #8A5BD4 #AD8BE1 #CFBCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A5BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A5BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD4

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD4	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F75D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3373D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.180 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08be2',
    500: '#8a5bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd4;
$custom-light: #b08be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.306,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57965,
    "c": 0.17957,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD4

secondary

#CBDDAE

accent

#E246A5

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD4

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

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