#8A5CBD#8A5CBD

#8A5CBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CBD
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 189)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 51.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 38.26, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 58.48, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.0836 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.15 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4917, 16.7318, 50.1262)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CBD #8FBD5C

analogous

#5C5EBD #8A5CBD #BB5CBD

triadic

#8A5CBD #BD8A5C #5CBD8A

tetradic

#8A5CBD #BD5C5E #8FBD5C #5CBDBB

square

#8A5CBD #BD5C5E #8FBD5C #5CBDBB

split-complementary

#8A5CBD #BDBB5C #5EBD5C

monochromatic

#4E2E71 #6C3F9C #8A5CBD #A988CF #C9B3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8A5CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8A5CBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CBD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CBD	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D71C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B72BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd1',
    500: '#8a5cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cbd;
$custom-light: #af8bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.454,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56692,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CBD

secondary

#BBCFA6

accent

#D25697

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CBD

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

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