#8A5CE2#8A5CE2

#8A5CE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.195 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE2
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 59.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 47.67, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 78.06, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.0844 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.195 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0323, 18.5480, 74.0400)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE2 #B4E25C

analogous

#5C71E2 #8A5CE2 #CD5CE2

triadic

#8A5CE2 #E28A5C #5CE28A

tetradic

#8A5CE2 #E25C71 #B4E25C #5CE2CD

square

#8A5CE2 #E25C71 #B4E25C #5CE2CD

split-complementary

#8A5CE2 #E2CD5C #71E25C

monochromatic

#4C1EA6 #6528D9 #8A5CE2 #AF90EB #D5C4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8A5CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8A5CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE2	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D75DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.195 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18cec',
    500: '#8a5ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce2;
$custom-light: #b18cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.597,
    "s": 69.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59055,
    "c": 0.1951,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE2

secondary

#D5E5B4

accent

#D21491

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE2

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

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