#8A5CE1#8A5CE1

#8A5CE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.194 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE1
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 225)
HSL	hsl(261, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 59.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 47.41, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 77.54, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.0845 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.194 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8955, 18.4933, 73.3194)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE1 #B3E15C

analogous

#5C71E1 #8A5CE1 #CD5CE1

triadic

#8A5CE1 #E18A5C #5CE18A

tetradic

#8A5CE1 #E15C71 #B3E15C #5CE1CD

square

#8A5CE1 #E15C71 #B3E15C #5CE1CD

split-complementary

#8A5CE1 #E1CD5C #71E15C

monochromatic

#4D1EA4 #6528D7 #8A5CE1 #AF90EB #D4C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A5CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A5CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE1	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F75DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.194 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ceb',
    500: '#8a5ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce1;
$custom-light: #b18ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.752,
    "s": 68.912,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58986,
    "c": 0.1939,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE1

secondary

#D4E5B4

accent

#D11590

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE1

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

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