#8A5ECD#8A5ECD

#8A5ECD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.167 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ECD
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 54.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 41.14, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 65.74, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.0819 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.167 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5007, 17.8163, 59.8412)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ECD #A1CD5E

analogous

#5E69CD #8A5ECD #C25ECD

triadic

#8A5ECD #CD8A5E #5ECD8A

tetradic

#8A5ECD #CD5E69 #A1CD5E #5ECDC2

square

#8A5ECD #CD5E69 #A1CD5E #5ECDC2

split-complementary

#8A5ECD #CDC25E #69CD5E

monochromatic

#4F2A87 #6A38B5 #8A5ECD #AC8DDC #CEBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8A5ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8A5ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5ECD

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5ECD	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3275D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C748C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.167 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ddd',
    500: '#8a5ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ecd;
$custom-light: #b08ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57989,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ECD

secondary

#C8D9AD

accent

#DC4CA3

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ECD

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

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