#8A5BE7#8A5BE7

#8A5BE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.202 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE7
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 49.53, -64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 81.27, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0854 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.202 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6423, 18.6543, 77.6774)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE7 #B8E75B

analogous

#5B72E7 #8A5BE7 #D05BE7

triadic

#8A5BE7 #E78A5B #5BE78A

tetradic

#8A5BE7 #E75B72 #B8E75B #5BE7D0

square

#8A5BE7 #E75B72 #B8E75B #5BE7D0

split-complementary

#8A5BE7 #E7D05B #72E75B

monochromatic

#4B19AE #6426DF #8A5BE7 #B090EF #D6C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8A5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8A5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE7

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE7	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0475E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.202 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bef',
    500: '#8a5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be7;
$custom-light: #b28bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.143,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.20245,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE7

secondary

#D7E8B6

accent

#D70F94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE7

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

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