#8A5CDD#8A5CDD

#8A5CDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.189 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CDD
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 58.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 46.37, -59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 75.44, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0846 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.189 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3562, 18.2776, 70.4792)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CDD #AFDD5C

analogous

#5C6FDD #8A5CDD #CA5CDD

triadic

#8A5CDD #DD8A5C #5CDD8A

tetradic

#8A5CDD #DD5C6F #AFDD5C #5CDDCA

square

#8A5CDD #DD5C6F #AFDD5C #5CDDCA

split-complementary

#8A5CDD #DDCA5C #6FDD5C

monochromatic

#4D219E #662BD0 #8A5CDD #AE8FE8 #D3C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A5CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8A5CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CDD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CDD	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B77E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2775DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.189 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce8',
    500: '#8a5cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cdd;
$custom-light: #b18ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.395,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58715,
    "c": 0.18906,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CDD

secondary

#D1E3B2

accent

#CD188D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CDD

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

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