#8A5CE3#8A5CE3

#8A5CE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.196 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE3
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 47.94, -62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 78.59, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0844 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.196 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1699, 18.6030, 74.7647)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE3 #B5E35C

analogous

#5C72E3 #8A5CE3 #CD5CE3

triadic

#8A5CE3 #E38A5C #5CE38A

tetradic

#8A5CE3 #E35C72 #B5E35C #5CE3CD

square

#8A5CE3 #E35C72 #B5E35C #5CE3CD

split-complementary

#8A5CE3 #E3CD5C #72E35C

monochromatic

#4C1DA8 #6528DA #8A5CE3 #AF90EC #D5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A5CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A5CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE3	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A76E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.196 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ced',
    500: '#8a5ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce3;
$custom-light: #b28ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.444,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59123,
    "c": 0.1963,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE3

secondary

#D5E6B5

accent

#D31391

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE3

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

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