#8A5DE5#8A5DE5

#8A5DE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.197 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DE5
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 47.92, -62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 79.04, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0832 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.197 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5347, 18.8885, 76.2560)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DE5 #B8E55D

analogous

#5D74E5 #8A5DE5 #CE5DE5

triadic

#8A5DE5 #E58A5D #5DE58A

tetradic

#8A5DE5 #E55D74 #B8E55D #5DE5CE

square

#8A5DE5 #E55D74 #B8E55D #5DE5CE

split-complementary

#8A5DE5 #E5CE5D #74E55D

monochromatic

#4B1CAC #6428DD #8A5DE5 #B092ED #D6C6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DE5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DE5	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1876E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.197 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28dee',
    500: '#8a5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5de5;
$custom-light: #b28dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.853,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59411,
    "c": 0.19735,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DE5

secondary

#D7E7B7

accent

#D41194

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DE5

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

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