#8A5CA7#8A5CA7

#8A5CA7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.123 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CA7
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 167)
HSL	hsl(277, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(277, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 44.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 33.04, -33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 46.83, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.0807 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.123 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2822, 15.8480, 38.4896)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CA7 #79A75C

analogous

#645CA7 #8A5CA7 #A75C9E

triadic

#8A5CA7 #A78A5C #5CA78A

tetradic

#8A5CA7 #A7645C #79A75C #5C9EA7

square

#8A5CA7 #A7645C #79A75C #5C9EA7

split-complementary

#8A5CA7 #9EA75C #5CA764

monochromatic

#493059 #6A4580 #8A5CA7 #A784BC #C3ABD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8A5CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8A5CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CA7

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CA7	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5870A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.123 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8bc1',
    500: '#8a5ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ca7;
$custom-light: #ad8bc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.8,
    "s": 29.88,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55465,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CA7

secondary

#ACC09F

accent

#C66289

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CA7

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

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