#8A5EBE#8A5EBE

#8A5EBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.148 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EBE
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 190)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 37.38, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 57.74, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.0809 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.148 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7761, 17.1264, 50.7584)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EBE #92BE5E

analogous

#5E62BE #8A5EBE #BA5EBE

triadic

#8A5EBE #BE8A5E #5EBE8A

tetradic

#8A5EBE #BE5E62 #92BE5E #5EBEBA

square

#8A5EBE #BE5E62 #92BE5E #5EBEBA

split-complementary

#8A5EBE #BEBA5E #62BE5E

monochromatic

#4E2E73 #6B409F #8A5EBE #AA8AD0 #C9B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8A5EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A5EBE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EBE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EBE	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4072C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C73BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.148 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8dd2',
    500: '#8a5ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ebe;
$custom-light: #af8dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5708,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EBE

secondary

#BED0A8

accent

#D25699

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EBE

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

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