#8A5DC4#8A5DC4

#8A5DC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.157 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DC4
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 196)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 39.43, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 61.58, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.0828 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.157 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3571, 17.2174, 54.2539)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DC4 #97C45D

analogous

#5D64C4 #8A5DC4 #BE5DC4

triadic

#8A5DC4 #C48A5D #5DC48A

tetradic

#8A5DC4 #C45D64 #97C45D #5DC4BE

square

#8A5DC4 #C45D64 #97C45D #5DC4BE

split-complementary

#8A5DC4 #C4BE5D #64C45D

monochromatic

#4E2C7A #6B3DA7 #8A5DC4 #AA8AD4 #CBB7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8A5DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8A5DC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DC4

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DC4	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3973C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4673C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.157 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cd6',
    500: '#8a5dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dc4;
$custom-light: #af8cd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.214,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57274,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DC4

secondary

#C1D3A9

accent

#D6529C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DC4

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

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