#8A5DEC#8A5DEC

#8A5DEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.206 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DEC
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 49.77, -66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 82.69, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.0829 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.206 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5318, 19.2873, 81.5075)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DEC #BFEC5D

analogous

#5D78EC #8A5DEC #D25DEC

triadic

#8A5DEC #EC8A5D #5DEC8A

tetradic

#8A5DEC #EC5D78 #BFEC5D #5DECD2

square

#8A5DEC #EC5D78 #BFEC5D #5DECD2

split-complementary

#8A5DEC #ECD25D #78EC5D

monochromatic

#4916B9 #6226E6 #8A5DEC #B294F2 #D9CBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8A5DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8A5DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DEC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DEC	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.206 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df3',
    500: '#8a5dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dec;
$custom-light: #b28df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.881,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59898,
    "c": 0.20574,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DEC

secondary

#DCEBBA

accent

#DB0A99

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DEC

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

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