#8A5EA7#8A5EA7

#8A5EA7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.119 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EA7
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 167)
HSL	hsl(276, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 43.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 31.89, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 45.50, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.0778 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.119 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4577, 16.1991, 38.5481)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EA7 #7BA75E

analogous

#655EA7 #8A5EA7 #A75E9F

triadic

#8A5EA7 #A78A5E #5EA78A

tetradic

#8A5EA7 #A7655E #7BA75E #5E9FA7

square

#8A5EA7 #A7655E #7BA75E #5E9FA7

split-complementary

#8A5EA7 #9FA75E #5EA765

monochromatic

#49315A #6A4781 #8A5EA7 #A786BD #C4ADD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8A5EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8A5EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EA7

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EA7	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A71A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87697A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.119 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8cc1',
    500: '#8a5ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ea7;
$custom-light: #ad8cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.164,
    "s": 29.317,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5581,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EA7

secondary

#ADC1A0

accent

#C6628A

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EA7

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

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