#8A5BE8#8A5BE8

#8A5BE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.204 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE8
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 49.79, -64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 81.79, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.0853 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.204 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7839, 18.7110, 78.4233)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE8 #B9E85B

analogous

#5B72E8 #8A5BE8 #D05BE8

triadic

#8A5BE8 #E88A5B #5BE88A

tetradic

#8A5BE8 #E85B72 #B9E85B #5BE8D0

square

#8A5BE8 #E85B72 #B9E85B #5BE8D0

split-complementary

#8A5BE8 #E8D05B #72E85B

monochromatic

#4B19B0 #6425E0 #8A5BE8 #B091F0 #D7C6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A5BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A5BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE8

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE8	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.204 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bf0',
    500: '#8a5be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be8;
$custom-light: #b28bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59322,
    "c": 0.20364,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE8

secondary

#D8E9B6

accent

#D80E94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE8

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

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