#8A5EB5#8A5EB5

#8A5EB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.136 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EB5
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 181)
HSL	hsl(270, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 48.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 35.18, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 52.93, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.0799 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.136 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8227, 16.7450, 45.7369)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EB5 #89B55E

analogous

#5F5EB5 #8A5EB5 #B55EB5

triadic

#8A5EB5 #B58A5E #5EB58A

tetradic

#8A5EB5 #B55F5E #89B55E #5EB5B5

square

#8A5EB5 #B55F5E #89B55E #5EB5B5

split-complementary

#8A5EB5 #B5B55E #5EB55F

monochromatic

#4D3069 #6B4392 #8A5EB5 #A888C8 #C7B2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8A5EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8A5EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EB5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EB5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4670B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5272B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.136 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8dcb',
    500: '#8a5eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eb5;
$custom-light: #ae8dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 37.021,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56565,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EB5

secondary

#B7CAA5

accent

#CD5B93

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EB5

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

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