#8A5DD9#8A5DD9

#8A5DD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.183 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DD9
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 217)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 57.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 44.78, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 72.73, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0834 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.183 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9168, 18.2413, 67.7350)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DD9 #ACD95D

analogous

#5D6ED9 #8A5DD9 #C85DD9

triadic

#8A5DD9 #D98A5D #5DD98A

tetradic

#8A5DD9 #D95D6E #ACD95D #5DD9C8

square

#8A5DD9 #D95D6E #ACD95D #5DD9C8

split-complementary

#8A5DD9 #D9C85D #6ED95D

monochromatic

#4E2498 #672FCA #8A5DD9 #AE8FE5 #D2C0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8A5DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A5DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DD9

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DD9	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C77DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3075D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.183 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ce5',
    500: '#8a5dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dd9;
$custom-light: #b18ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.774,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58603,
    "c": 0.18278,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DD9

secondary

#CFE0B1

accent

#CA1C8B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DD9

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

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