#8A5CDE#8A5CDE

#8A5CDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.190 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CDE
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 58.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 46.63, -59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 75.96, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.0846 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.19 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4898, 18.3310, 71.1830)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CDE #B0DE5C

analogous

#5C6FDE #8A5CDE #CB5CDE

triadic

#8A5CDE #DE8A5C #5CDE8A

tetradic

#8A5CDE #DE5C6F #B0DE5C #5CDECB

square

#8A5CDE #DE5C6F #B0DE5C #5CDECB

split-complementary

#8A5CDE #DECB5C #6FDE5C

monochromatic

#4D209F #662BD2 #8A5CDE #AF8FE8 #D3C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8A5CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8A5CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CDE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CDE	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0677E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2675DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.190 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce9',
    500: '#8a5cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cde;
$custom-light: #b18ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.231,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58783,
    "c": 0.19027,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CDE

secondary

#D2E3B3

accent

#CE178D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CDE

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

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