#8A5DE8#8A5DE8

#8A5DE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.201 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DE8
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 232)
HSL	hsl(259, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 48.71, -64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 80.61, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.0831 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.201 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9572, 19.0575, 78.4811)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DE8 #BBE85D

analogous

#5D75E8 #8A5DE8 #CF5DE8

triadic

#8A5DE8 #E88A5D #5DE88A

tetradic

#8A5DE8 #E85D75 #BBE85D #5DE8CF

square

#8A5DE8 #E85D75 #BBE85D #5DE8CF

split-complementary

#8A5DE8 #E8CF5D #75E85D

monochromatic

#4A19B1 #6327E0 #8A5DE8 #B193F0 #D7C8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A5DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A5DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DE8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DE8	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C77E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.201 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df0',
    500: '#8a5de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5de8;
$custom-light: #b28df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.424,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59619,
    "c": 0.20095,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DE8

secondary

#D9E9B8

accent

#D70E96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DE8

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

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