#8A5CED#8A5CED

#8A5CED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.208 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CED
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 50.57, -66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 83.80, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.0839 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.208 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5903, 19.1712, 82.2457)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CED #BFED5C

analogous

#5C77ED #8A5CED #D25CED

triadic

#8A5CED #ED8A5C #5CED8A

tetradic

#8A5CED #ED5C77 #BFED5C #5CEDD2

square

#8A5CED #ED5C77 #BFED5C #5CEDD2

split-complementary

#8A5CED #EDD25C #77ED5C

monochromatic

#4915BA #6225E7 #8A5CED #B293F3 #D9CAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A5CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A5CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CED

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CED	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.208 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28cf4',
    500: '#8a5ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ced;
$custom-light: #b28cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.034,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59822,
    "c": 0.20825,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CED

secondary

#DCEBB9

accent

#DC0999

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CED

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

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