#8A5CE6#8A5CE6

#8A5CE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.200 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE6
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 48.72, -63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 80.15, 307.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.0843 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.2 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5875, 18.7701, 76.9644)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE6 #B8E65C

analogous

#5C73E6 #8A5CE6 #CF5CE6

triadic

#8A5CE6 #E68A5C #5CE68A

tetradic

#8A5CE6 #E65C73 #B8E65C #5CE6CF

square

#8A5CE6 #E65C73 #B8E65C #5CE6CF

split-complementary

#8A5CE6 #E6CF5C #73E65C

monochromatic

#4B1BAD #6427DE #8A5CE6 #B091EE #D6C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A5CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE6	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1076E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.200 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cef',
    500: '#8a5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce6;
$custom-light: #b28cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5933,
    "c": 0.19991,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE6

secondary

#D7E8B6

accent

#D61094

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE6

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

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