#8A5CEA#8A5CEA

#8A5CEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.205 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CEA
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 60.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 49.78, -65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 82.24, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0841 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.205 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1557, 18.9974, 79.9567)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CEA #BCEA5C

analogous

#5C75EA #8A5CEA #D15CEA

triadic

#8A5CEA #EA8A5C #5CEA8A

tetradic

#8A5CEA #EA5C75 #BCEA5C #5CEAD1

square

#8A5CEA #EA5C75 #BCEA5C #5CEAD1

split-complementary

#8A5CEA #EAD15C #75EA5C

monochromatic

#4A17B4 #6326E3 #8A5CEA #B192F1 #D8C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A5CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A5CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CEA

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CEA	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.205 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cf2',
    500: '#8a5cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cea;
$custom-light: #b28cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 77.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5961,
    "c": 0.20469,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CEA

secondary

#DAEAB8

accent

#D90C97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CEA

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

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