#8A5EC9#8A5EC9

#8A5EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.162 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EC9
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 201)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 40.12, -49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 63.61, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.0817 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.162 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0241, 17.6256, 57.3307)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EC9 #9DC95E

analogous

#5E67C9 #8A5EC9 #BF5EC9

triadic

#8A5EC9 #C98A5E #5EC98A

tetradic

#8A5EC9 #C95E67 #9DC95E #5EC9BF

square

#8A5EC9 #C95E67 #9DC95E #5EC9BF

split-complementary

#8A5EC9 #C9BF5E #67C95E

monochromatic

#4F2B81 #6B3BAF #8A5EC9 #AB8CD8 #CDBAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A5EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A5EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5EC9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5EC9	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3674CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4374C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D738A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.162 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8dda',
    500: '#8a5ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ec9;
$custom-light: #af8dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.673,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57741,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EC9

secondary

#C5D7AC

accent

#D94FA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EC9

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

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