#8A5ECF#8A5ECF

#8A5ECF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.169 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ECF
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 207)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 54.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 41.65, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 66.81, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.082 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.169 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.7437, 17.9134, 61.1207)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ECF #A3CF5E

analogous

#5E6BCF #8A5ECF #C35ECF

triadic

#8A5ECF #CF8A5E #5ECF8A

tetradic

#8A5ECF #CF5E6B #A3CF5E #5ECFC3

square

#8A5ECF #CF5E6B #A3CF5E #5ECFC3

split-complementary

#8A5ECF #CFC35E #6BCF5E

monochromatic

#4F298A #6A37B9 #8A5ECF #AC8DDD #CFBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8A5ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8A5ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5ECF

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5ECF	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E74CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B758D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.169 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08dde',
    500: '#8a5ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ecf;
$custom-light: #b08dde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.363,
    "s": 54.067,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58115,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ECF

secondary

#C9DBAE

accent

#DD4AA4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ECF

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

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