#8A5DC6#8A5DC6

#8A5DC6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.159 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DC6
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 198)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 53%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 39.93, -48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 62.64, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.0829 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.159 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5863, 17.3091, 55.4608)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DC6 #99C65D

analogous

#5D65C6 #8A5DC6 #BE5DC6

triadic

#8A5DC6 #C68A5D #5DC68A

tetradic

#8A5DC6 #C65D65 #99C65D #5DC6BE

square

#8A5DC6 #C65D65 #99C65D #5DC6BE

split-complementary

#8A5DC6 #C6BE5D #65C65D

monochromatic

#4F2C7D #6B3CAA #8A5DC6 #AB8AD6 #CBB8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8A5DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8A5DC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DC6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DC6	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3773CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4573C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.159 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cd8',
    500: '#8a5dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dc6;
$custom-light: #af8cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57395,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DC6

secondary

#C2D5AA

accent

#D8509E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DC6

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

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