#8A5BDD#8A5BDD

#8A5BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.190 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BDD
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 46.92, -59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 76.04, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0858 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.19 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2701, 18.1054, 70.4505)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BDD #AEDD5B

analogous

#5B6DDD #8A5BDD #CB5BDD

triadic

#8A5BDD #DD8A5B #5BDD8A

tetradic

#8A5BDD #DD5B6D #AEDD5B #5BDDCB

square

#8A5BDD #DD5B6D #AEDD5B #5BDDCB

split-complementary

#8A5BDD #DDCB5B #6DDD5B

monochromatic

#4E219D #672BD0 #8A5BDD #AE8EE8 #D2C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8A5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8A5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BDD

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BDD	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0277E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2574DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.190 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18be8',
    500: '#8a5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bdd;
$custom-light: #b18be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.19046,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BDD

secondary

#D1E2B1

accent

#CE188C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BDD

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

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