#8A5BE0#8A5BE0

#8A5BE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.194 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE0
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 224)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 47.70, -61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 77.61, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.0857 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.194 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6734, 18.2668, 72.5744)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE0 #B1E05B

analogous

#5B6FE0 #8A5BE0 #CD5BE0

triadic

#8A5BE0 #E08A5B #5BE08A

tetradic

#8A5BE0 #E05B6F #B1E05B #5BE0CD

square

#8A5BE0 #E05B6F #B1E05B #5BE0CD

split-complementary

#8A5BE0 #E0CD5B #6FE05B

monochromatic

#4D1FA2 #6628D5 #8A5BE0 #AF8EEA #D3C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A5BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A5BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE0

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE0	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F75DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.194 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18bea',
    500: '#8a5be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be0;
$custom-light: #b18bea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.203,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58768,
    "c": 0.19408,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE0

secondary

#D3E4B3

accent

#D0158E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE0

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

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