#8A5EB4#8A5EB4

#8A5EB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.135 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EB4
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 180)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 47.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 34.94, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 52.40, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.0798 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.135 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7205, 16.7041, 45.1984)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EB4 #88B45E

analogous

#5F5EB4 #8A5EB4 #B45EB3

triadic

#8A5EB4 #B48A5E #5EB48A

tetradic

#8A5EB4 #B45F5E #88B45E #5EB3B4

square

#8A5EB4 #B45F5E #88B45E #5EB3B4

split-complementary

#8A5EB4 #B3B45E #5EB45F

monochromatic

#4C3067 #6B4491 #8A5EB4 #A888C7 #C7B1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8A5EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8A5EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EB4

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EB4	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4770B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5372B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.135 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8dcb',
    500: '#8a5eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eb4;
$custom-light: #ae8dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 36.441,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56509,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EB4

secondary

#B6C9A5

accent

#CC5B93

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EB4

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