#8A5BE6#8A5BE6

#8A5BE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.201 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE6
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 230)
HSL	hsl(260, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 60.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 49.26, -63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 80.75, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0854 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.201 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5015, 18.5980, 76.9357)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE6 #B7E65B

analogous

#5B71E6 #8A5BE6 #D05BE6

triadic

#8A5BE6 #E68A5B #5BE68A

tetradic

#8A5BE6 #E65B71 #B7E65B #5BE6D0

square

#8A5BE6 #E65B71 #B7E65B #5BE6D0

split-complementary

#8A5BE6 #E6D05B #71E65B

monochromatic

#4C1AAC #6426DE #8A5BE6 #B090EE #D6C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A5BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A5BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE6

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE6	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A75E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.201 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bef',
    500: '#8a5be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be6;
$custom-light: #b28bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.288,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59182,
    "c": 0.20125,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE6

secondary

#D6E7B5

accent

#D61093

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE6

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

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