#8A5DC3#8A5DC3

#8A5DC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.156 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DC3
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 195)
HSL	hsl(266, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 52%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 52.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 39.18, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 61.04, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.0827 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.156 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2437, 17.1721, 53.6565)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DC3 #96C35D

analogous

#5D63C3 #8A5DC3 #BD5DC3

triadic

#8A5DC3 #C38A5D #5DC38A

tetradic

#8A5DC3 #C35D63 #96C35D #5DC3BD

square

#8A5DC3 #C35D63 #96C35D #5DC3BD

split-complementary

#8A5DC3 #C3BD5D #63C35D

monochromatic

#4E2D79 #6B3DA6 #8A5DC3 #AA8AD4 #CBB6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A5DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A5DC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DC3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DC3	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A72C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4773C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.156 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cd6',
    500: '#8a5dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dc3;
$custom-light: #af8cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57213,
    "c": 0.15562,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DC3

secondary

#C0D3A9

accent

#D6529C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DC3

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

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