#8A5BE4#8A5BE4

#8A5BE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.199 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE4
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 60.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 48.74, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 79.70, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0855 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.199 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2222, 18.4863, 75.4650)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE4 #B5E45B

analogous

#5B70E4 #8A5BE4 #CF5BE4

triadic

#8A5BE4 #E48A5B #5BE48A

tetradic

#8A5BE4 #E45B70 #B5E45B #5BE4CF

square

#8A5BE4 #E45B70 #B5E45B #5BE4CF

split-complementary

#8A5BE4 #E4CF5B #70E45B

monochromatic

#4C1CA9 #6526DB #8A5BE4 #AF90ED #D5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A5BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A5BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE4	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1375E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.199 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bed',
    500: '#8a5be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be4;
$custom-light: #b28bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.584,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59043,
    "c": 0.19887,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE4

secondary

#D5E6B4

accent

#D41291

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE4

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

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