#8A5BEE#8A5BEE

#8A5BEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.211 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BEE
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 51.37, -67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 84.90, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.0849 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.211 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6508, 19.0577, 82.9886)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BEE #BFEE5B

analogous

#5B76EE #8A5BEE #D45BEE

triadic

#8A5BEE #EE8A5B #5BEE8A

tetradic

#8A5BEE #EE5B76 #BFEE5B #5BEED4

square

#8A5BEE #EE5B76 #BFEE5B #5BEED4

split-complementary

#8A5BEE #EED45B #76EE5B

monochromatic

#4913BB #6224E8 #8A5BEE #B292F4 #D9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A5BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A5BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BEE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BEE	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.211 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf4',
    500: '#8a5bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bee;
$custom-light: #b38cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.184,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59747,
    "c": 0.21075,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BEE

secondary

#DCECB9

accent

#DE0899

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BEE

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

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