#8A5DEA#8A5DEA

#8A5DEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.203 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DEA
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 60.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 49.24, -65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 81.65, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.083 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.203 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2429, 19.1718, 79.9857)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DEA #BDEA5D

analogous

#5D77EA #8A5DEA #D15DEA

triadic

#8A5DEA #EA8A5D #5DEA8A

tetradic

#8A5DEA #EA5D77 #BDEA5D #5DEAD1

square

#8A5DEA #EA5D77 #BDEA5D #5DEAD1

split-complementary

#8A5DEA #EAD15D #77EA5D

monochromatic

#4A17B5 #6327E3 #8A5DEA #B193F1 #D8C9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A5DEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A5DEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DEA

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DEA	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.203 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df2',
    500: '#8a5dea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dea;
$custom-light: #b28df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59758,
    "c": 0.20335,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DEA

secondary

#DAEAB9

accent

#D90C98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DEA

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

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