#8A5BD7#8A5BD7

#8A5BD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.183 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD7
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 215)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 57.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 45.36, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 72.88, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.0859 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.183 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4850, 17.7914, 66.3155)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD7 #A8D75B

analogous

#5B6AD7 #8A5BD7 #C85BD7

triadic

#8A5BD7 #D78A5B #5BD78A

tetradic

#8A5BD7 #D75B6A #A8D75B #5BD7C8

square

#8A5BD7 #D75B6A #A8D75B #5BD7C8

split-complementary

#8A5BD7 #D7C85B #6AD75B

monochromatic

#4E2494 #6830C5 #8A5BD7 #AD8CE3 #D0BDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8A5BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8A5BD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD7

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD7	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1975DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F74D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.183 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18be4',
    500: '#8a5bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd7;
$custom-light: #b18be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.742,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58162,
    "c": 0.18322,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD7

secondary

#CDDFAF

accent

#E444A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD7

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

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