#8A5CB3#8A5CB3

#8A5CB3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.137 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CB3
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 48.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 35.85, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 53.16, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.0825 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.137 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4434, 16.3125, 44.6054)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CB3 #85B35C

analogous

#5E5CB3 #8A5CB3 #B35CB1

triadic

#8A5CB3 #B38A5C #5CB38A

tetradic

#8A5CB3 #B35E5C #85B35C #5CB1B3

square

#8A5CB3 #B35E5C #85B35C #5CB1B3

split-complementary

#8A5CB3 #B1B35C #5CB35E

monochromatic

#4C2F65 #6B438F #8A5CB3 #A886C6 #C6AFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8A5CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A5CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CB3

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CB3	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#456FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5171B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.137 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bca',
    500: '#8a5cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cb3;
$custom-light: #ae8bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.724,
    "s": 36.402,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56117,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CB3

secondary

#B4C8A3

accent

#CC5B91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CB3

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