#8A5EA8#8A5EA8

#8A5EA8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.120 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EA8
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 168)
HSL	hsl(276, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 44%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 32.12, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 46.03, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.0779 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.12 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5505, 16.2362, 39.0368)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EA8 #7CA85E

analogous

#655EA8 #8A5EA8 #A85EA1

triadic

#8A5EA8 #A88A5E #5EA88A

tetradic

#8A5EA8 #A8655E #7CA85E #5EA1A8

square

#8A5EA8 #A8655E #7CA85E #5EA1A8

split-complementary

#8A5EA8 #A1A85E #5EA865

monochromatic

#4A315B #6A4682 #8A5EA8 #A786BD #C4ADD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A5EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A5EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EA8

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EA8	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E6EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5971A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87697B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.120 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8cc2',
    500: '#8a5ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ea8;
$custom-light: #ad8cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55862,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EA8

secondary

#AEC1A1

accent

#C6628A

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EA8

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

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