#8A5CCE#8A5CCE

#8A5CCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.171 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CCE
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 55.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 42.51, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 67.52, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0845 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.171 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4463, 17.5136, 60.4204)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CCE #A0CE5C

analogous

#5C67CE #8A5CCE #C35CCE

triadic

#8A5CCE #CE8A5C #5CCE8A

tetradic

#8A5CCE #CE5C67 #A0CE5C #5CCEC3

square

#8A5CCE #CE5C67 #A0CE5C #5CCEC3

split-complementary

#8A5CCE #CEC35C #67CE5C

monochromatic

#4F2987 #6A37B6 #8A5CCE #AC8BDC #CEBAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A5CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8A5CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CCE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CCE	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C73CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C738C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.171 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdd',
    500: '#8a5cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cce;
$custom-light: #b08cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57734,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CCE

secondary

#C7DAAC

accent

#DD4BA2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CCE

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

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