#8A5CE8#8A5CE8

#8A5CE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.202 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE8
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 49.25, -64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 81.20, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.0842 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.202 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8700, 18.8831, 78.4520)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE8 #BAE85C

analogous

#5C74E8 #8A5CE8 #D05CE8

triadic

#8A5CE8 #E88A5C #5CE88A

tetradic

#8A5CE8 #E85C74 #BAE85C #5CE8D0

square

#8A5CE8 #E85C74 #BAE85C #5CE8D0

split-complementary

#8A5CE8 #E8D05C #74E85C

monochromatic

#4B19B1 #6426E0 #8A5CE8 #B092F0 #D7C7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A5CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A5CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE8	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0576E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.202 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cf0',
    500: '#8a5ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce8;
$custom-light: #b28cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.714,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5947,
    "c": 0.20229,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE8

secondary

#D8E9B7

accent

#D70E95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE8

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

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