#8A5DCD#8A5DCD

#8A5DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.168 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DCD
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 41.70, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 66.37, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0832 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.168 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4124, 17.6396, 59.8117)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DCD #A0CD5D

analogous

#5D68CD #8A5DCD #C25DCD

triadic

#8A5DCD #CD8A5D #5DCD8A

tetradic

#8A5DCD #CD5D68 #A0CD5D #5DCDC2

square

#8A5DCD #CD5D68 #A0CD5D #5DCDC2

split-complementary

#8A5DCD #CDC25D #68CD5D

monochromatic

#4F2986 #6A38B5 #8A5DCD #AC8CDB #CEBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DCD

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DCD	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E74CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C738C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.168 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdd',
    500: '#8a5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dcd;
$custom-light: #b08cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DCD

secondary

#C7D9AD

accent

#DC4CA2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DCD

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

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