#8A5EAA#8A5EAA

#8A5EAA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.123 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EAA
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 170)
HSL	hsl(275, 31%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 44.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 32.58, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 47.09, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.0783 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.123 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7383, 16.3113, 40.0256)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EAA #7EAA5E

analogous

#645EAA #8A5EAA #AA5EA4

triadic

#8A5EAA #AA8A5E #5EAA8A

tetradic

#8A5EAA #AA645E #7EAA5E #5EA4AA

square

#8A5EAA #AA645E #7EAA5E #5EA4AA

split-complementary

#8A5EAA #A4AA5E #5EAA64

monochromatic

#4A315D #6A4685 #8A5EAA #A786BF #C4AED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8A5EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8A5EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EAA

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EAA	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D6EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5871A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.123 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8cc3',
    500: '#8a5eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eaa;
$custom-light: #ae8cc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 30.894,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55967,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EAA

secondary

#AFC3A1

accent

#C7618C

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EAA

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

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