#8A5EBA#8A5EBA

#8A5EBA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EBA
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 186)
HSL	hsl(269, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 36.40, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 55.60, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.0805 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.143 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3450, 16.9539, 48.4874)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EBA #8EBA5E

analogous

#5E60BA #8A5EBA #B85EBA

triadic

#8A5EBA #BA8A5E #5EBA8A

tetradic

#8A5EBA #BA5E60 #8EBA5E #5EBAB8

square

#8A5EBA #BA5E60 #8EBA5E #5EBAB8

split-complementary

#8A5EBA #BAB85E #60BA5E

monochromatic

#4D2F6E #6B4299 #8A5EBA #A989CC #C8B4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8A5EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8A5EBA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EBA

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EBA	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4371BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F72B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8dcf',
    500: '#8a5eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eba;
$custom-light: #ae8dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56849,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EBA

secondary

#BBCDA7

accent

#D05897

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EBA

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

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