#8A5CEB#8A5CEB

#8A5CEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.206 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CEB
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 50.04, -65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 82.76, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.084 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.206 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2998, 19.0550, 80.7154)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CEB #BDEB5C

analogous

#5C76EB #8A5CEB #D25CEB

triadic

#8A5CEB #EB8A5C #5CEB8A

tetradic

#8A5CEB #EB5C76 #BDEB5C #5CEBD2

square

#8A5CEB #EB5C76 #BDEB5C #5CEBD2

split-complementary

#8A5CEB #EBD25C #76EB5C

monochromatic

#4A16B6 #6325E4 #8A5CEB #B193F2 #D8C9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A5CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A5CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CEB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CEB	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.206 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cf2',
    500: '#8a5ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ceb;
$custom-light: #b28cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.301,
    "s": 78.142,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5968,
    "c": 0.20588,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CEB

secondary

#DAEAB8

accent

#DA0B98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CEB

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

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