#8A5DDD#8A5DDD

#8A5DDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.188 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DDD
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 57.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 45.82, -59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 74.84, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.0834 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.188 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4434, 18.4520, 70.5083)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DDD #B0DD5D

analogous

#5D70DD #8A5DDD #CA5DDD

triadic

#8A5DDD #DD8A5D #5DDD8A

tetradic

#8A5DDD #DD5D70 #B0DD5D #5DDDCA

square

#8A5DDD #DD5D70 #B0DD5D #5DDDCA

split-complementary

#8A5DDD #DDCA5D #70DD5D

monochromatic

#4D219E #662CD1 #8A5DDD #AF90E8 #D3C2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8A5DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A5DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DDD

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DDD	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1178E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A75DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.188 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de8',
    500: '#8a5ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ddd;
$custom-light: #b18de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.094,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58868,
    "c": 0.18765,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DDD

secondary

#D2E3B3

accent

#CD188E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DDD

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

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