#8A5CD7#8A5CD7

#8A5CD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.182 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CD7
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 215)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 57.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 44.81, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 72.28, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.0846 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.182 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5711, 17.9635, 66.3442)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CD7 #A9D75C

analogous

#5C6BD7 #8A5CD7 #C75CD7

triadic

#8A5CD7 #D78A5C #5CD78A

tetradic

#8A5CD7 #D75C6B #A9D75C #5CD7C7

square

#8A5CD7 #D75C6B #A9D75C #5CD7C7

split-complementary

#8A5CD7 #D7C75C #6BD75C

monochromatic

#4E2494 #6830C5 #8A5CD7 #AD8DE3 #D1BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A5CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8A5CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CD7

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CD7	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D76DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3174D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.182 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce4',
    500: '#8a5cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cd7;
$custom-light: #b08ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.439,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58316,
    "c": 0.18178,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CD7

secondary

#CDDFB0

accent

#C81D88

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CD7

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

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