#8A5CD1#8A5CD1

#8A5CD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.174 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CD1
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 209)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 56%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 43.27, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 69.11, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0846 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.174 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.8142, 17.6608, 62.3581)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CD1 #A3D15C

analogous

#5C69D1 #8A5CD1 #C55CD1

triadic

#8A5CD1 #D18A5C #5CD18A

tetradic

#8A5CD1 #D15C69 #A3D15C #5CD1C5

square

#8A5CD1 #D15C69 #A3D15C #5CD1C5

split-complementary

#8A5CD1 #D1C55C #69D15C

monochromatic

#4F278B #6A35BB #8A5CD1 #AC8CDE #CFBBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A5CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A5CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CD1

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CD1	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2775D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3874CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B748E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.174 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce0',
    500: '#8a5cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cd1;
$custom-light: #b08ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.59,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57926,
    "c": 0.17444,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CD1

secondary

#C9DBAD

accent

#DF49A4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CD1

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

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