#8A5EA6#8A5EA6

#8A5EA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.118 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EA6
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 166)
HSL	hsl(277, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(277, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 43.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 31.66, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 44.98, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.0776 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.118 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3657, 16.1622, 38.0631)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EA6 #7AA65E

analogous

#665EA6 #8A5EA6 #A65E9E

triadic

#8A5EA6 #A68A5E #5EA68A

tetradic

#8A5EA6 #A6665E #7AA65E #5E9EA6

square

#8A5EA6 #A6665E #7AA65E #5E9EA6

split-complementary

#8A5EA6 #9EA65E #5EA666

monochromatic

#493159 #6A4780 #8A5EA6 #A785BC #C3ADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8A5EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A5EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EA6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EA6	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A71A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87697A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.118 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8cc0',
    500: '#8a5ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ea6;
$custom-light: #ad8cc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 28.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55758,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EA6

secondary

#ACC0A0

accent

#C56389

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EA6

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

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