#8A5DE6#8A5DE6

#8A5DE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.199 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DE6
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 230)
HSL	hsl(260, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 59.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 48.18, -63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 79.56, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0832 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.199 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6747, 18.9445, 76.9934)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DE6 #B9E65D

analogous

#5D74E6 #8A5DE6 #CE5DE6

triadic

#8A5DE6 #E68A5D #5DE68A

tetradic

#8A5DE6 #E65D74 #B9E65D #5DE6CE

square

#8A5DE6 #E65D74 #B9E65D #5DE6CE

split-complementary

#8A5DE6 #E6CE5D #74E65D

monochromatic

#4B1BAE #6428DE #8A5DE6 #B092EE #D7C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A5DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A5DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DE6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DE6	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1476E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.199 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28def',
    500: '#8a5de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5de6;
$custom-light: #b28def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.708,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5948,
    "c": 0.19854,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DE6

secondary

#D8E8B7

accent

#D51095

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DE6

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

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