#8A5EBF#8A5EBF

#8A5EBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.149 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EBF
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 191)
HSL	hsl(267, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 50.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 37.62, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 58.27, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.081 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.149 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8858, 17.1703, 51.3359)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EBF #93BF5E

analogous

#5E62BF #8A5EBF #BA5EBF

triadic

#8A5EBF #BF8A5E #5EBF8A

tetradic

#8A5EBF #BF5E62 #93BF5E #5EBFBA

square

#8A5EBF #BF5E62 #93BF5E #5EBFBA

split-complementary

#8A5EBF #BFBA5E #62BF5E

monochromatic

#4E2E74 #6B40A0 #8A5EBF #AA8AD0 #CAB6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A5EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A5EBF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EBF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EBF	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F72C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B73BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.149 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8dd3',
    500: '#8a5ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ebf;
$custom-light: #af8dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.216,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57139,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EBF

secondary

#BED0A8

accent

#D3559A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EBF

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

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