#8A5BEA#8A5BEA

#8A5BEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.206 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BEA
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 61.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 50.31, -65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 82.83, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0852 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.206 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0696, 18.8253, 79.9280)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BEA #BBEA5B

analogous

#5B73EA #8A5BEA #D15BEA

triadic

#8A5BEA #EA8A5B #5BEA8A

tetradic

#8A5BEA #EA5B73 #BBEA5B #5BEAD1

square

#8A5BEA #EA5B73 #BBEA5B #5BEAD1

split-complementary

#8A5BEA #EAD15B #73EA5B

monochromatic

#4A17B4 #6325E3 #8A5BEA #B191F1 #D7C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A5BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A5BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BEA

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BEA	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.206 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28bf2',
    500: '#8a5bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bea;
$custom-light: #b28bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.72,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59463,
    "c": 0.20602,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BEA

secondary

#D9EAB7

accent

#DA0C96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BEA

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

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