#8A5DD3#8A5DD3

#8A5DD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.175 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DD3
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 211)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 55.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 43.23, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 69.55, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0834 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.175 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1506, 17.9348, 63.6994)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DD3 #A6D35D

analogous

#5D6BD3 #8A5DD3 #C55DD3

triadic

#8A5DD3 #D38A5D #5DD38A

tetradic

#8A5DD3 #D35D6B #A6D35D #5DD3C5

square

#8A5DD3 #D35D6B #A6D35D #5DD3C5

split-complementary

#8A5DD3 #D3C55D #6BD35D

monochromatic

#4E278F #6934BF #8A5DD3 #AD8DE0 #D0BDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8A5DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8A5DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DD3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DD3	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2776D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3874D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A758F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.175 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce1',
    500: '#8a5dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dd3;
$custom-light: #b08ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.881,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58211,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DD3

secondary

#CBDDAF

accent

#E147A6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DD3

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

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