#8A5DBA#8A5DBA

#8A5DBA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DBA
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 186)
HSL	hsl(269, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 50%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 36.96, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 56.24, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0819 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.144 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2566, 16.7772, 48.4580)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DBA #8DBA5D

analogous

#5D5FBA #8A5DBA #B95DBA

triadic

#8A5DBA #BA8A5D #5DBA8A

tetradic

#8A5DBA #BA5D5F #8DBA5D #5DBAB9

square

#8A5DBA #BA5D5F #8DBA5D #5DBAB9

split-complementary

#8A5DBA #BAB95D #5FBA5D

monochromatic

#4D2F6E #6B4199 #8A5DBA #A988CC #C8B3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8A5DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A5DBA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DBA

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DBA	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4171BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E72B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8ccf',
    500: '#8a5dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dba;
$custom-light: #ae8ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 40.26,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56682,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DBA

secondary

#BACDA6

accent

#D05896

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DBA

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

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