#8A5CEC#8A5CEC

#8A5CEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.207 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CEC
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 61%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 50.31, -66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 83.28, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.084 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.207 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4446, 19.1129, 81.4784)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CEC #BEEC5C

analogous

#5C76EC #8A5CEC #D25CEC

triadic

#8A5CEC #EC8A5C #5CEC8A

tetradic

#8A5CEC #EC5C76 #BEEC5C #5CECD2

square

#8A5CEC #EC5C76 #BEEC5C #5CECD2

split-complementary

#8A5CEC #ECD25C #76EC5C

monochromatic

#4915B8 #6325E6 #8A5CEC #B193F2 #D9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A5CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A5CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CEC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CEC	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.207 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cf3',
    500: '#8a5cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cec;
$custom-light: #b28cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59751,
    "c": 0.20707,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CEC

secondary

#DBEBB9

accent

#DB0A99

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CEC

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

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