#8A5EBD#8A5EBD

#8A5EBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.147 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EBD
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 189)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 50.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 37.13, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 57.20, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.0808 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.147 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6672, 17.0828, 50.1847)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EBD #91BD5E

analogous

#5E62BD #8A5EBD #B95EBD

triadic

#8A5EBD #BD8A5E #5EBD8A

tetradic

#8A5EBD #BD5E62 #91BD5E #5EBDB9

square

#8A5EBD #BD5E62 #91BD5E #5EBDB9

split-complementary

#8A5EBD #BDB95E #62BD5E

monochromatic

#4E2F72 #6B409D #8A5EBD #AA89CF #C9B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A5EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8A5EBD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EBD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EBD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4172C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D73BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.147 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8dd1',
    500: '#8a5ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ebd;
$custom-light: #af8dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.789,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57022,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EBD

secondary

#BDCFA8

accent

#D25698

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EBD

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

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