#8A5BEF#8A5BEF

#8A5BEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.212 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5BEF
RGB	rgb(138, 91, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 61.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 51.64, -68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 85.42, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.0849 -0.1942)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.212 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7981, 19.1166, 83.7645)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5BEF #C0EF5B

analogous

#5B76EF #8A5BEF #D45BEF

triadic

#8A5BEF #EF8A5B #5BEF8A

tetradic

#8A5BEF #EF5B76 #C0EF5B #5BEFD4

square

#8A5BEF #EF5B76 #C0EF5B #5BEFD4

split-complementary

#8A5BEF #EFD45B #76EF5B

monochromatic

#4912BD #6223EA #8A5BEF #B293F4 #DACBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A5BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A5BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5BEF

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5BEF	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 91, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.212 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cf5',
    500: '#8a5bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5bef;
$custom-light: #b38cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.054,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59819,
    "c": 0.21193,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5BEF

secondary

#DCECBA

accent

#DF079A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5BEF

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

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