#8A5DBD#8A5DBD

#8A5DBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.148 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DBD
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 189)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 50.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 37.70, -43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 57.84, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.0822 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.148 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5789, 16.9062, 50.1553)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DBD #90BD5D

analogous

#5D60BD #8A5DBD #BA5DBD

triadic

#8A5DBD #BD8A5D #5DBD8A

tetradic

#8A5DBD #BD5D60 #90BD5D #5DBDBA

square

#8A5DBD #BD5D60 #90BD5D #5DBDBA

split-complementary

#8A5DBD #BDBA5D #60BD5D

monochromatic

#4E2E71 #6B409D #8A5DBD #A988CF #C9B4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8A5DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8A5DBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DBD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DBD	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F71C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C72BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.148 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cd1',
    500: '#8a5dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dbd;
$custom-light: #af8cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DBD

secondary

#BCCFA7

accent

#D25698

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DBD

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

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