#8A5DC8#8A5DC8

#8A5DC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.162 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DC8
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 53.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 40.43, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 63.71, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.083 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.162 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8185, 17.4020, 56.6838)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DC8 #9BC85D

analogous

#5D65C8 #8A5DC8 #C05DC8

triadic

#8A5DC8 #C88A5D #5DC88A

tetradic

#8A5DC8 #C85D65 #9BC85D #5DC8C0

square

#8A5DC8 #C85D65 #9BC85D #5DC8C0

split-complementary

#8A5DC8 #C8C05D #65C85D

monochromatic

#4F2B7F #6B3BAD #8A5DC8 #AB8BD8 #CCB8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8A5DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8A5DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DC8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DC8	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3573CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4373C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E728A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.162 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cd9',
    500: '#8a5dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dc8;
$custom-light: #af8cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57518,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DC8

secondary

#C4D6AB

accent

#D94F9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DC8

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

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