#8A5CB1#8A5CB1

#8A5CB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.135 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CB1
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 177)
HSL	hsl(272, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 48%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 35.37, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 52.10, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.0822 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.135 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2426, 16.2321, 43.5478)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CB1 #83B15C

analogous

#5F5CB1 #8A5CB1 #B15CAD

triadic

#8A5CB1 #B18A5C #5CB18A

tetradic

#8A5CB1 #B15F5C #83B15C #5CADB1

square

#8A5CB1 #B15F5C #83B15C #5CADB1

split-complementary

#8A5CB1 #ADB15C #5CB15F

monochromatic

#4B2F63 #6B438D #8A5CB1 #A885C5 #C5AFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8A5CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A5CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CB1

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CB1	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#466EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5271AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.135 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bc9',
    500: '#8a5cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cb1;
$custom-light: #ae8bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.471,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56005,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CB1

secondary

#B3C7A2

accent

#CB5C8F

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CB1

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

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