#8A5CE5#8A5CE5

#8A5CE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.199 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE5
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 48.46, -63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 79.63, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.0843 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.199 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4475, 18.7141, 76.2269)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE5 #B7E55C

analogous

#5C72E5 #8A5CE5 #CE5CE5

triadic

#8A5CE5 #E58A5C #5CE58A

tetradic

#8A5CE5 #E55C72 #B7E55C #5CE5CE

square

#8A5CE5 #E55C72 #B7E55C #5CE5CE

split-complementary

#8A5CE5 #E5CE5C #72E55C

monochromatic

#4C1BAB #6427DD #8A5CE5 #B091ED #D6C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE5	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1476E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.199 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cee',
    500: '#8a5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce5;
$custom-light: #b28cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.146,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.1987,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE5

secondary

#D6E7B6

accent

#D51193

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE5

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

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