#8A5CD0#8A5CD0

#8A5CD0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.173 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CD0
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 208)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 55.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 43.02, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 68.58, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.0846 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.173 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6908, 17.6114, 61.7081)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CD0 #A2D05C

analogous

#5C68D0 #8A5CD0 #C45CD0

triadic

#8A5CD0 #D08A5C #5CD08A

tetradic

#8A5CD0 #D05C68 #A2D05C #5CD0C4

square

#8A5CD0 #D05C68 #A2D05C #5CD0C4

split-complementary

#8A5CD0 #D0C45C #68D05C

monochromatic

#4F288A #6A35B9 #8A5CD0 #AC8CDE #CEBBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A5CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A5CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CD0

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CD0	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2974D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A74CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.173 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdf',
    500: '#8a5cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cd0;
$custom-light: #b08cdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.793,
    "s": 55.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57862,
    "c": 0.17322,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CD0

secondary

#C9DBAD

accent

#DF49A3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CD0

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

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