#8A5BE3#8A5BE3

#8A5BE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.198 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE3
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 48.48, -62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 79.18, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.0856 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.198 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0838, 18.4309, 74.7360)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE3 #B4E35B

analogous

#5B70E3 #8A5BE3 #CE5BE3

triadic

#8A5BE3 #E38A5B #5BE38A

tetradic

#8A5BE3 #E35B70 #B4E35B #5BE3CE

square

#8A5BE3 #E35B70 #B4E35B #5BE3CE

split-complementary

#8A5BE3 #E3CE5B #70E35B

monochromatic

#4C1DA7 #6527DA #8A5BE3 #AF8FEC #D5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8A5BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A5BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE3

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE3	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1675E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.198 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bed',
    500: '#8a5be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be3;
$custom-light: #b28bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.735,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58974,
    "c": 0.19767,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE3

secondary

#D5E6B4

accent

#D31390

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE3

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

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