#8A5CE7#8A5CE7

#8A5CE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.201 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE7
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 60.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 48.99, -64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 80.68, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.0842 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.201 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7284, 18.8264, 77.7061)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE7 #B9E75C

analogous

#5C73E7 #8A5CE7 #CF5CE7

triadic

#8A5CE7 #E78A5C #5CE78A

tetradic

#8A5CE7 #E75C73 #B9E75C #5CE7CF

square

#8A5CE7 #E75C73 #B9E75C #5CE7CF

split-complementary

#8A5CE7 #E7CF5C #73E75C

monochromatic

#4B1AAF #6427DF #8A5CE7 #B091EF #D7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A5CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A5CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE7

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE7	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B76E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.201 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cef',
    500: '#8a5ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce7;
$custom-light: #b28cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.856,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.594,
    "c": 0.2011,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE7

secondary

#D8E8B7

accent

#D60F94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE7

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

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