#8A5CB8#8A5CB8

#8A5CB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.144 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CB8
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 184)
HSL	hsl(270, 39%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 50%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 50%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 37.05, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 55.82, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0831 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.144 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9583, 16.5184, 47.3170)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CB8 #8AB85C

analogous

#5C5CB8 #8A5CB8 #B85CB8

triadic

#8A5CB8 #B88A5C #5CB88A

tetradic

#8A5CB8 #B85C5C #8AB85C #5CB8B8

square

#8A5CB8 #B85C5C #8AB85C #5CB8B8

split-complementary

#8A5CB8 #B8B85C #5CB85C

monochromatic

#4D2F6B #6B4196 #8A5CB8 #A987CB #C7B1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8A5CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A5CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CB8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CB8	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4170BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E71B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.144 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8bce',
    500: '#8a5cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cb8;
$custom-light: #ae8bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 39.316,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56401,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CB8

secondary

#B8CBA4

accent

#CF5994

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C13

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CB8

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

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