#8A5CD6#8A5CD6

#8A5CD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.181 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CD6
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 214)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 57%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 44.56, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 71.75, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0846 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.181 298)
XYZ	xyz(26.4430, 17.9123, 65.6696)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CD6 #A8D65C

analogous

#5C6BD6 #8A5CD6 #C75CD6

triadic

#8A5CD6 #D68A5C #5CD68A

tetradic

#8A5CD6 #D65C6B #A8D65C #5CD6C7

square

#8A5CD6 #D65C6B #A8D65C #5CD6C7

split-complementary

#8A5CD6 #D6C75C #6BD65C

monochromatic

#4E2593 #6831C4 #8A5CD6 #AD8DE2 #D0BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8A5CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8A5CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CD6

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CD6	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F76DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3274D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.181 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce3',
    500: '#8a5cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cd6;
$custom-light: #b08ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.623,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5825,
    "c": 0.18056,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.17913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CD6

secondary

#CDDEAF

accent

#E345A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CD6

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

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