#8A5DDE#8A5DDE

#8A5DDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.189 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DDE
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 58.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 46.08, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 75.36, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.0834 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.189 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5770, 18.5054, 71.2121)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DDE #B1DE5D

analogous

#5D71DE #8A5DDE #CB5DDE

triadic

#8A5DDE #DE8A5D #5DDE8A

tetradic

#8A5DDE #DE5D71 #B1DE5D #5DDECB

square

#8A5DDE #DE5D71 #B1DE5D #5DDECB

split-complementary

#8A5DDE #DECB5D #71DE5D

monochromatic

#4D21A0 #662BD3 #8A5DDE #AF90E8 #D3C3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A5DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A5DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DDE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DDE	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E78E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2875DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.189 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de9',
    500: '#8a5dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dde;
$custom-light: #b18de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58935,
    "c": 0.18887,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DDE

secondary

#D3E3B4

accent

#CE178E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DDE

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

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