#8A5CD5#8A5CD5

#8A5CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.179 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CD5
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 213)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 56.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 44.30, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 71.22, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.0846 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.179 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3156, 17.8613, 64.9990)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CD5 #A7D55C

analogous

#5C6BD5 #8A5CD5 #C65CD5

triadic

#8A5CD5 #D58A5C #5CD58A

tetradic

#8A5CD5 #D55C6B #A7D55C #5CD5C6

square

#8A5CD5 #D55C6B #A7D55C #5CD5C6

split-complementary

#8A5CD5 #D5C65C #6BD55C

monochromatic

#4E2591 #6932C2 #8A5CD5 #AD8DE2 #D0BDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8A5CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8A5CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5CD5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5CD5	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2175D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3474D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.179 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce3',
    500: '#8a5cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cd5;
$custom-light: #b08ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.81,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58185,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CD5

secondary

#CCDEAF

accent

#E246A7

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CD5

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

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