#8A5BD5#8A5BD5

#8A5BD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.181 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD5
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 44.85, -56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 71.83, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0859 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.181 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2296, 17.6892, 64.9703)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD5 #A6D55B

analogous

#5B69D5 #8A5BD5 #C75BD5

triadic

#8A5BD5 #D58A5B #5BD58A

tetradic

#8A5BD5 #D55B69 #A6D55B #5BD5C7

square

#8A5BD5 #D55B69 #A6D55B #5BD5C7

split-complementary

#8A5BD5 #D5C75B #69D55B

monochromatic

#4E2591 #6932C1 #8A5BD5 #AD8CE1 #D0BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A5BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A5BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D75D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3274D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.181 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08be3',
    500: '#8a5bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd5;
$custom-light: #b08be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.115,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5803,
    "c": 0.18078,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD5

secondary

#CBDEAE

accent

#E245A6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD5

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

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