#8A5CC5#8A5CC5

#8A5CC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.160 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CC5
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 197)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 53.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 40.24, -48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 62.74, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.0841 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.16 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3841, 17.0887, 54.8263)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CC5 #97C55C

analogous

#5C63C5 #8A5CC5 #BF5CC5

triadic

#8A5CC5 #C58A5C #5CC58A

tetradic

#8A5CC5 #C55C63 #97C55C #5CC5BF

square

#8A5CC5 #C55C63 #97C55C #5CC5BF

split-complementary

#8A5CC5 #C5BF5C #63C55C

monochromatic

#4E2C7B #6B3CA8 #8A5CC5 #AA89D5 #CBB6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A5CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A5CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CC5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CC5	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3672C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4472C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.160 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8bd7',
    500: '#8a5cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cc5;
$custom-light: #af8bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.286,
    "s": 47.511,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57173,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CC5

secondary

#C1D4A9

accent

#D7519C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CC5

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

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