#8A5DD4#8A5DD4

#8A5DD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.177 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DD4
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 212)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 56.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 43.49, -54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 70.08, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.0834 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.177 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2763, 17.9851, 64.3617)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DD4 #A7D45D

analogous

#5D6CD4 #8A5DD4 #C65DD4

triadic

#8A5DD4 #D48A5D #5DD48A

tetradic

#8A5DD4 #D45D6C #A7D45D #5DD4C6

square

#8A5DD4 #D45D6C #A7D45D #5DD4C6

split-complementary

#8A5DD4 #D4C65D #6CD45D

monochromatic

#4E2690 #6933C1 #8A5DD4 #AD8DE1 #D0BEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A5DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A5DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DD4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DD4	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2676D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3674D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.177 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce2',
    500: '#8a5dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dd4;
$custom-light: #b08ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.689,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58276,
    "c": 0.17666,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DD4

secondary

#CCDDAF

accent

#E147A7

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DD4

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

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