#8A5DCE#8A5DCE

#8A5DCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.169 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DCE
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 54.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 41.95, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 66.90, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.0833 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.169 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5335, 17.6880, 60.4495)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DCE #A1CE5D

analogous

#5D68CE #8A5DCE #C35DCE

triadic

#8A5DCE #CE8A5D #5DCE8A

tetradic

#8A5DCE #CE5D68 #A1CE5D #5DCEC3

square

#8A5DCE #CE5D68 #A1CE5D #5DCEC3

split-complementary

#8A5DCE #CEC35D #68CE5D

monochromatic

#4F2988 #6A37B7 #8A5DCE #AC8CDC #CEBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A5DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8A5DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DCE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DCE	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C748D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.169 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08cdd',
    500: '#8a5dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dce;
$custom-light: #b08cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.894,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DCE

secondary

#C8DAAD

accent

#DD4BA3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DCE

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

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