#8A5CF6#8A5CF6

#8A5CF6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.219 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5CF6
RGB	rgb(138, 92, 246)
HSL	hsl(258, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 52.96, -70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 88.45, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0832 -0.2024)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.219 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9383, 19.7104, 89.3453)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5CF6 #C8F65C

analogous

#5C7BF6 #8A5CF6 #D75CF6

triadic

#8A5CF6 #F68A5C #5CF68A

tetradic

#8A5CF6 #F65C7B #C8F65C #5CF6D7

square

#8A5CF6 #F65C7B #C8F65C #5CF6D7

split-complementary

#8A5CF6 #F6D75C #7BF65C

monochromatic

#450BCC #6022F3 #8A5CF6 #B496F9 #DDD0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A5CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A5CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5CF6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5CF6	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B80A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 92, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.219 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38cfa',
    500: '#8a5cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5cf6;
$custom-light: #b38cfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.922,
    "s": 89.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60469,
    "c": 0.21889,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5CF6

secondary

#E1F0BE

accent

#E600A1

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5CF6

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

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