#8A5DB3#8A5DB3

#8A5DB3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.136 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DB3
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 179)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 48%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 48%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 35.28, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 52.52, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0811 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.136 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5306, 16.4869, 44.6344)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DB3 #86B35D

analogous

#5F5DB3 #8A5DB3 #B35DB1

triadic

#8A5DB3 #B38A5D #5DB38A

tetradic

#8A5DB3 #B35F5D #86B35D #5DB1B3

square

#8A5DB3 #B35F5D #86B35D #5DB1B3

split-complementary

#8A5DB3 #B1B35D #5DB35F

monochromatic

#4C3066 #6B438F #8A5DB3 #A887C7 #C6B0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A5DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8A5DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DB3

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DB3	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#466FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5271B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.136 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8cca',
    500: '#8a5db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5db3;
$custom-light: #ae8cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.395,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56285,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DB3

secondary

#B5C8A3

accent

#CC5C91

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DB3

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

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