#8A5DAA#8A5DAA

#8A5DAA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.124 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DAA
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 170)
HSL	hsl(275, 31%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 45.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 33.16, -34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 47.75, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.0798 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.124 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6499, 16.1346, 39.9962)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DAA #7DAA5D

analogous

#645DAA #8A5DAA #AA5DA4

triadic

#8A5DAA #AA8A5D #5DAA8A

tetradic

#8A5DAA #AA645D #7DAA5D #5DA4AA

square

#8A5DAA #AA645D #7DAA5D #5DA4AA

split-complementary

#8A5DAA #A4AA5D #5DAA64

monochromatic

#4A305C #6A4584 #8A5DAA #A785BF #C4ADD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8A5DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A5DAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DAA

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DAA	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5771A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86697B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.124 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8cc3',
    500: '#8a5daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5daa;
$custom-light: #ae8cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.065,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55795,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DAA

secondary

#AFC2A0

accent

#C7608B

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DAA

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

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