#8A5DED#8A5DED

#8A5DED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.207 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DED
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 60.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 50.03, -66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 83.21, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.0828 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.207 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6775, 19.3456, 82.2748)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DED #C0ED5D

analogous

#5D78ED #8A5DED #D25DED

triadic

#8A5DED #ED8A5D #5DED8A

tetradic

#8A5DED #ED5D78 #C0ED5D #5DEDD2

square

#8A5DED #ED5D78 #C0ED5D #5DEDD2

split-complementary

#8A5DED #EDD25D #78ED5D

monochromatic

#4915BB #6226E7 #8A5DED #B294F3 #DACBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A5DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A5DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DED

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DED	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.207 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df4',
    500: '#8a5ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ded;
$custom-light: #b28df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59969,
    "c": 0.20694,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DED

secondary

#DCECBA

accent

#DC099A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DED

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

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