#8A5DCB#8A5DCB

#8A5DCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.166 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DCB
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 54.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 41.19, -50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 65.30, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.0831 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.166 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1725, 17.5436, 58.5484)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DCB #9ECB5D

analogous

#5D67CB #8A5DCB #C15DCB

triadic

#8A5DCB #CB8A5D #5DCB8A

tetradic

#8A5DCB #CB5D67 #9ECB5D #5DCBC1

square

#8A5DCB #CB5D67 #9ECB5D #5DCBC1

split-complementary

#8A5DCB #CBC15D #67CB5D

monochromatic

#4F2A83 #6A39B2 #8A5DCB #AB8BDA #CDBAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A5DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A5DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DCB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DCB	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3274CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D738B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.166 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cdb',
    500: '#8a5dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dcb;
$custom-light: #af8cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57704,
    "c": 0.16555,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DCB

secondary

#C6D8AC

accent

#DB4DA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DCB

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

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