#8A5BE1#8A5BE1

#8A5BE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.195 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE1
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 225)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 47.96, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 78.13, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.0856 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.195 296)
XYZ	xyz(27.8094, 18.3212, 73.2907)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE1 #B2E15B

analogous

#5B6FE1 #8A5BE1 #CD5BE1

triadic

#8A5BE1 #E18A5B #5BE18A

tetradic

#8A5BE1 #E15B6F #B2E15B #5BE1CD

square

#8A5BE1 #E15B6F #B2E15B #5BE1CD

split-complementary

#8A5BE1 #E1CD5B #6FE15B

monochromatic

#4D1EA4 #6527D7 #8A5BE1 #AF8FEA #D4C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8A5BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8A5BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE1

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE1	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C75DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.195 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18beb',
    500: '#8a5be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be1;
$custom-light: #b18beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.045,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58836,
    "c": 0.19528,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.18322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE1

secondary

#D3E5B3

accent

#D1148F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE1

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

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