#8A5CB2#8A5CB2

#8A5CB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.136 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CB2
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 48%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 35.61, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 52.63, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.0824 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.136 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3427, 16.2721, 44.0747)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CB2 #84B25C

analogous

#5F5CB2 #8A5CB2 #B25CAF

triadic

#8A5CB2 #B28A5C #5CB28A

tetradic

#8A5CB2 #B25F5C #84B25C #5CAFB2

square

#8A5CB2 #B25F5C #84B25C #5CAFB2

split-complementary

#8A5CB2 #AFB25C #5CB25F

monochromatic

#4C2F64 #6B438E #8A5CB2 #A886C6 #C6AFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A5CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A5CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CB2

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CB2	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#456EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5271B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.136 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bc9',
    500: '#8a5cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cb2;
$custom-light: #ae8bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 35.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56061,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CB2

secondary

#B4C7A2

accent

#CC5C90

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CB2

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

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