#8A5ECC#8A5ECC

#8A5ECC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.165 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ECC
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 204)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 53.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 40.88, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 65.21, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0819 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.165 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3804, 17.7681, 59.2075)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ECC #A0CC5E

analogous

#5E69CC #8A5ECC #C15ECC

triadic

#8A5ECC #CC8A5E #5ECC8A

tetradic

#8A5ECC #CC5E69 #A0CC5E #5ECCC1

square

#8A5ECC #CC5E69 #A0CC5E #5ECCC1

split-complementary

#8A5ECC #CCC15E #69CC5E

monochromatic

#4F2A85 #6A39B4 #8A5ECC #AC8CDB #CEBBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8A5ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8A5ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5ECC

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5ECC	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3375D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C748C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.165 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ddc',
    500: '#8a5ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ecc;
$custom-light: #b08ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57927,
    "c": 0.16527,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ECC

secondary

#C7D9AD

accent

#DB4CA2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ECC

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

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