#8A5DE2#8A5DE2

#8A5DE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.194 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DE2
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 58.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 47.13, -61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 77.47, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.0833 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.194 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1195, 18.7224, 74.0690)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DE2 #B5E25D

analogous

#5D72E2 #8A5DE2 #CD5DE2

triadic

#8A5DE2 #E28A5D #5DE28A

tetradic

#8A5DE2 #E25D72 #B5E25D #5DE2CD

square

#8A5DE2 #E25D72 #B5E25D #5DE2CD

split-complementary

#8A5DE2 #E2CD5D #72E25D

monochromatic

#4C1EA7 #6529D9 #8A5DE2 #AF91EB #D5C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8A5DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8A5DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DE2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DE2	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2076DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.194 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dec',
    500: '#8a5de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5de2;
$custom-light: #b18dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.301,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59206,
    "c": 0.19372,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DE2

secondary

#D5E6B5

accent

#D21491

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DE2

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

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