#8A5BE9#8A5BE9

#8A5BE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.205 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BE9
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 233)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 60.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 50.05, -65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 82.31, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0853 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.205 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9264, 18.7680, 79.1735)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BE9 #BAE95B

analogous

#5B73E9 #8A5BE9 #D15BE9

triadic

#8A5BE9 #E98A5B #5BE98A

tetradic

#8A5BE9 #E95B73 #BAE95B #5BE9D1

square

#8A5BE9 #E95B73 #BAE95B #5BE9D1

split-complementary

#8A5BE9 #E9D15B #73E95B

monochromatic

#4B18B2 #6425E2 #8A5BE9 #B091F0 #D7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A5BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A5BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BE9

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BE9	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.205 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bf1',
    500: '#8a5be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5be9;
$custom-light: #b28bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.859,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59392,
    "c": 0.20482,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BE9

secondary

#D8E9B7

accent

#D90D95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BE9

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

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