#8A5EA9#8A5EA9

#8A5EA9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.121 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EA9
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 169)
HSL	hsl(275, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(275, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 44.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 32.35, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 46.56, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.0781 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.122 310)
XYZ	xyz(21.6441, 16.2736, 39.5293)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EA9 #7DA95E

analogous

#655EA9 #8A5EA9 #A95EA3

triadic

#8A5EA9 #A98A5E #5EA98A

tetradic

#8A5EA9 #A9655E #7DA95E #5EA3A9

square

#8A5EA9 #A9655E #7DA95E #5EA3A9

split-complementary

#8A5EA9 #A3A95E #5EA965

monochromatic

#4A315C #6A4684 #8A5EA9 #A786BE #C4AED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A5EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A5EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EA9

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EA9	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)

#4E6EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5971A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.121 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8cc3',
    500: '#8a5ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ea9;
$custom-light: #ad8cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.2,
    "s": 30.364,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55914,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.16273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EA9

secondary

#AFC2A1

accent

#C7618B

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EA9

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

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