#8A5CD3#8A5CD3

#8A5CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.177 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CD3
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 211)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 56.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 43.79, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 70.16, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0846 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.177 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0634, 17.7604, 63.6703)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CD3 #A5D35C

analogous

#5C6AD3 #8A5CD3 #C55CD3

triadic

#8A5CD3 #D38A5C #5CD38A

tetradic

#8A5CD3 #D35C6A #A5D35C #5CD3C5

square

#8A5CD3 #D35C6A #A5D35C #5CD3C5

split-complementary

#8A5CD3 #D3C55C #6AD35C

monochromatic

#4F268E #6933BE #8A5CD3 #AD8CE0 #CFBCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8A5CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8A5CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CD3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CD3	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2475D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3674D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.177 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce1',
    500: '#8a5cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cd3;
$custom-light: #b08ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.193,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58055,
    "c": 0.17689,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CD3

secondary

#CBDDAE

accent

#E147A5

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CD3

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

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