#8A5DEB#8A5DEB

#8A5DEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.205 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DEB
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 49.50, -65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 82.17, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.0829 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.205 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3870, 19.2294, 80.7445)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DEB #BEEB5D

analogous

#5D77EB #8A5DEB #D15DEB

triadic

#8A5DEB #EB8A5D #5DEB8A

tetradic

#8A5DEB #EB5D77 #BEEB5D #5DEBD1

square

#8A5DEB #EB5D77 #BEEB5D #5DEBD1

split-complementary

#8A5DEB #EBD15D #77EB5D

monochromatic

#4917B7 #6327E4 #8A5DEB #B193F2 #D9CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A5DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A5DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DEB

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DEB	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.205 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df2',
    500: '#8a5deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5deb;
$custom-light: #b28df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.014,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59828,
    "c": 0.20455,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DEB

secondary

#DBEBB9

accent

#DA0B99

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DEB

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

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