#8A5BD9#8A5BD9

#8A5BD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.186 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BD9
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 217)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 58.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 45.88, -57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 73.94, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.0858 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.186 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7435, 17.8948, 67.6772)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BD9 #AAD95B

analogous

#5B6BD9 #8A5BD9 #C95BD9

triadic

#8A5BD9 #D98A5B #5BD98A

tetradic

#8A5BD9 #D95B6B #AAD95B #5BD9C9

square

#8A5BD9 #D95B6B #AAD95B #5BD9C9

split-complementary

#8A5BD9 #D9C95B #6BD95B

monochromatic

#4E2397 #682EC8 #8A5BD9 #AD8DE5 #D1BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8A5BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8A5BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5BD9

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5BD9	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1376DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C74D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.186 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18be5',
    500: '#8a5bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bd9;
$custom-light: #b18be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.381,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58295,
    "c": 0.18564,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BD9

secondary

#CEE0B0

accent

#CA1B89

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BD9

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

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