#8A5CB4#8A5CB4

#8A5CB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.139 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CB4
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 180)
HSL	hsl(271, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 48.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 36.09, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 53.69, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.0826 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.139 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5449, 16.3531, 45.1399)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CB4 #86B45C

analogous

#5E5CB4 #8A5CB4 #B45CB2

triadic

#8A5CB4 #B48A5C #5CB48A

tetradic

#8A5CB4 #B45E5C #86B45C #5CB2B4

square

#8A5CB4 #B45E5C #86B45C #5CB2B4

split-complementary

#8A5CB4 #B2B45C #5CB45E

monochromatic

#4C2F66 #6B4290 #8A5CB4 #A886C7 #C6B0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8A5CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8A5CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CB4

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CB4	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5171B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.139 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bcb',
    500: '#8a5cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cb4;
$custom-light: #ae8bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 36.975,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56173,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CB4

secondary

#B5C9A3

accent

#CD5B91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CB4

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