#8A5CE0#8A5CE0

#8A5CE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.193 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE0
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 224)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 58.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 47.15, -60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 77.01, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.0845 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.193 296)
XYZ	xyz(27.7594, 18.4389, 72.6031)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE0 #B2E05C

analogous

#5C70E0 #8A5CE0 #CC5CE0

triadic

#8A5CE0 #E08A5C #5CE08A

tetradic

#8A5CE0 #E05C70 #B2E05C #5CE0CC

square

#8A5CE0 #E05C70 #B2E05C #5CE0CC

split-complementary

#8A5CE0 #E0CC5C #70E05C

monochromatic

#4D1FA3 #6529D6 #8A5CE0 #AF8FEA #D4C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8A5CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A5CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE0

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE0	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2175DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.193 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18cea',
    500: '#8a5ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce0;
$custom-light: #b18cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.909,
    "s": 68.041,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58918,
    "c": 0.19269,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.18439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE0

secondary

#D3E4B4

accent

#D0168F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE0

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

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