#8A5DEE#8A5DEE

#8A5DEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.208 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DEE
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 60.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 50.30, -66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 83.73, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.0828 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.208 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8240, 19.4042, 83.0464)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DEE #C1EE5D

analogous

#5D78EE #8A5DEE #D35DEE

triadic

#8A5DEE #EE8A5D #5DEE8A

tetradic

#8A5DEE #EE5D78 #C1EE5D #5DEED3

square

#8A5DEE #EE5D78 #C1EE5D #5DEED3

split-complementary

#8A5DEE #EED35D #78EE5D

monochromatic

#4814BD #6226E8 #8A5DEE #B294F4 #DACCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A5DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A5DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5DEE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5DEE	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.208 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df4',
    500: '#8a5dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dee;
$custom-light: #b28df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6004,
    "c": 0.20813,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DEE

secondary

#DDECBB

accent

#DD089B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DEE

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

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