#8A5CE9#8A5CE9

#8A5CE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.203 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CE9
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 233)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 49.51, -65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 81.72, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.0841 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.203 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0124, 18.9401, 79.2022)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CE9 #BBE95C

analogous

#5C74E9 #8A5CE9 #D05CE9

triadic

#8A5CE9 #E98A5C #5CE98A

tetradic

#8A5CE9 #E95C74 #BBE95C #5CE9D0

square

#8A5CE9 #E95C74 #BBE95C #5CE9D0

split-complementary

#8A5CE9 #E9D05C #74E95C

monochromatic

#4A18B3 #6326E2 #8A5CE9 #B192F0 #D7C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A5CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A5CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CE9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CE9	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.203 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cf1',
    500: '#8a5ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ce9;
$custom-light: #b28cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.574,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5954,
    "c": 0.20349,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CE9

secondary

#D9E9B8

accent

#D80D96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CE9

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

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