#8A5DD6#8A5DD6

#8A5DD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.179 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DD6
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 214)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 44.00, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 71.14, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.0834 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.179 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5302, 18.0867, 65.6986)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DD6 #A9D65D

analogous

#5D6CD6 #8A5DD6 #C65DD6

triadic

#8A5DD6 #D68A5D #5DD68A

tetradic

#8A5DD6 #D65D6C #A9D65D #5DD6C6

square

#8A5DD6 #D65D6C #A9D65D #5DD6C6

split-complementary

#8A5DD6 #D6C65D #6CD65D

monochromatic

#4E2593 #6832C4 #8A5DD6 #AD8EE2 #D1BFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8A5DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8A5DD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DD6

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DD6	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2276DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3475D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.179 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ce3',
    500: '#8a5dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dd6;
$custom-light: #b08ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.314,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58406,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DD6

secondary

#CDDFB0

accent

#C71E88

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DD6

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

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