#8A5ECE#8A5ECE

#8A5ECE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.168 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ECE
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 54.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 41.39, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 66.28, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.082 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.168 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6218, 17.8647, 60.4789)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ECE #A2CE5E

analogous

#5E6ACE #8A5ECE #C25ECE

triadic

#8A5ECE #CE8A5E #5ECE8A

tetradic

#8A5ECE #CE5E6A #A2CE5E #5ECEC2

square

#8A5ECE #CE5E6A #A2CE5E #5ECEC2

split-complementary

#8A5ECE #CEC25E #6ACE5E

monochromatic

#4F2988 #6A38B7 #8A5ECE #AC8DDC #CEBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8A5ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8A5ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5ECE

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5ECE	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3075D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C748D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.168 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ddd',
    500: '#8a5ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ece;
$custom-light: #b08ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.16776,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ECE

secondary

#C9DAAE

accent

#DD4BA4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ECE

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

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