#8A5EC8#8A5EC8

#8A5EC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.160 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EC8
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 53%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 39.87, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 63.08, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.0817 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.16 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9068, 17.5787, 56.7132)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EC8 #9CC85E

analogous

#5E67C8 #8A5EC8 #BF5EC8

triadic

#8A5EC8 #C88A5E #5EC88A

tetradic

#8A5EC8 #C85E67 #9CC85E #5EC8BF

square

#8A5EC8 #C85E67 #9CC85E #5EC8BF

split-complementary

#8A5EC8 #C8BF5E #67C85E

monochromatic

#4F2C80 #6B3BAE #8A5EC8 #AB8CD8 #CCB9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8A5EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A5EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EC8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EC8	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3774CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4474C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E728A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.160 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8dd9',
    500: '#8a5ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ec8;
$custom-light: #af8dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57679,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EC8

secondary

#C5D6AC

accent

#D94FA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EC8

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

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