#8A5CC9#8A5CC9

#8A5CC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.165 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CC9
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 201)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 54.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 41.24, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 64.86, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.0843 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.165 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8485, 17.2745, 57.2722)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CC9 #9BC95C

analogous

#5C65C9 #8A5CC9 #C05CC9

triadic

#8A5CC9 #C98A5C #5CC98A

tetradic

#8A5CC9 #C95C65 #9BC95C #5CC9C0

square

#8A5CC9 #C95C65 #9BC95C #5CC9C0

split-complementary

#8A5CC9 #C9C05C #65C95C

monochromatic

#4F2A80 #6B3AAE #8A5CC9 #AB8AD8 #CCB8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8A5CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8A5CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CC9

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CC9	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3273CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4173C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.165 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cda',
    500: '#8a5cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cc9;
$custom-light: #af8cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.321,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5742,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CC9

secondary

#C4D6AA

accent

#DA4E9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CC9

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

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