#8A5CB7#8A5CB7

#8A5CB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.142 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CB7
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 183)
HSL	hsl(270, 39%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 50%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 49.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 36.81, -41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 55.29, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.083 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.142 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8538, 16.4766, 46.7669)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CB7 #89B75C

analogous

#5D5CB7 #8A5CB7 #B75CB6

triadic

#8A5CB7 #B78A5C #5CB78A

tetradic

#8A5CB7 #B75D5C #89B75C #5CB6B7

square

#8A5CB7 #B75D5C #89B75C #5CB6B7

split-complementary

#8A5CB7 #B6B75C #5CB75D

monochromatic

#4D2F6A #6B4294 #8A5CB7 #A886CA #C7B1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A5CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A5CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CB7

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CB7	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#426FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F71B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.142 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bcd',
    500: '#8a5cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cb7;
$custom-light: #ae8bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56344,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CB7

secondary

#B7CBA4

accent

#CF5993

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CB7

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

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