#8A5BE5#8A5BE5

#8A5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.200 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE5
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 49.00, -63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 80.22, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0855 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.2 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3615, 18.5420, 76.1982)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE5 #B6E55B

analogous

#5B71E5 #8A5BE5 #CF5BE5

triadic

#8A5BE5 #E58A5B #5BE58A

tetradic

#8A5BE5 #E55B71 #B6E55B #5BE5CF

square

#8A5BE5 #E55B71 #B6E55B #5BE5CF

split-complementary

#8A5BE5 #E5CF5B #71E55B

monochromatic

#4C1BAB #6426DD #8A5BE5 #B090ED #D5C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8A5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8A5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE5	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F75E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.200 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bee',
    500: '#8a5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be5;
$custom-light: #b28bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.435,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59112,
    "c": 0.20006,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE5

secondary

#D6E7B5

accent

#D51192

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE5

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

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