#8A5CD4#8A5CD4

#8A5CD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.178 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CD4
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 212)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 56.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 44.04, -55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 70.69, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.0846 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.178 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1891, 17.8107, 64.3326)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CD4 #A6D45C

analogous

#5C6AD4 #8A5CD4 #C65CD4

triadic

#8A5CD4 #D48A5C #5CD48A

tetradic

#8A5CD4 #D45C6A #A6D45C #5CD4C6

square

#8A5CD4 #D45C6A #A6D45C #5CD4C6

split-complementary

#8A5CD4 #D4C65C #6AD45C

monochromatic

#4E2690 #6933C0 #8A5CD4 #AD8CE1 #D0BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8A5CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8A5CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CD4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CD4	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2375D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3574D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A758F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.178 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce2',
    500: '#8a5cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cd4;
$custom-light: #b08ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5812,
    "c": 0.17812,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CD4

secondary

#CBDDAF

accent

#E146A6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CD4

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

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