#8A5DE9#8A5DE9

#8A5DE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.202 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DE9
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 233)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 48.97, -64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 81.13, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.083 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.202 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0996, 19.1145, 79.2313)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DE9 #BCE95D

analogous

#5D76E9 #8A5DE9 #D05DE9

triadic

#8A5DE9 #E98A5D #5DE98A

tetradic

#8A5DE9 #E95D76 #BCE95D #5DE9D0

square

#8A5DE9 #E95D76 #BCE95D #5DE9D0

split-complementary

#8A5DE9 #E9D05D #76E95D

monochromatic

#4A18B3 #6327E2 #8A5DE9 #B193F0 #D8C9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A5DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A5DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DE9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DE9	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0677E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.202 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df1',
    500: '#8a5de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5de9;
$custom-light: #b28df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.20215,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DE9

secondary

#DAE9B8

accent

#D80D97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DE9

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

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