#8A5BEC#8A5BEC

#8A5BEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.208 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BEC
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 61.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 50.84, -66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 83.86, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0851 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.208 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3586, 18.9408, 81.4497)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BEC #BDEC5B

analogous

#5B75EC #8A5BEC #D25BEC

triadic

#8A5BEC #EC8A5B #5BEC8A

tetradic

#8A5BEC #EC5B75 #BDEC5B #5BECD2

square

#8A5BEC #EC5B75 #BDEC5B #5BECD2

split-complementary

#8A5BEC #ECD25B #75EC5B

monochromatic

#4A15B7 #6324E6 #8A5BEC #B192F2 #D8C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A5BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A5BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BEC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BEC	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.208 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cf3',
    500: '#8a5bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bec;
$custom-light: #b28cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.448,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59605,
    "c": 0.20838,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BEC

secondary

#DAEBB8

accent

#DC0A98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BEC

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

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