#8A5ED0#8A5ED0

#8A5ED0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.170 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ED0
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 208)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 54.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 41.90, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 67.34, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.0821 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.17 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8663, 17.9625, 61.7666)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ED0 #A4D05E

analogous

#5E6BD0 #8A5ED0 #C35ED0

triadic

#8A5ED0 #D08A5E #5ED08A

tetradic

#8A5ED0 #D05E6B #A4D05E #5ED0C3

square

#8A5ED0 #D05E6B #A4D05E #5ED0C3

split-complementary

#8A5ED0 #D0C35E #6BD05E

monochromatic

#4F298B #6936BA #8A5ED0 #AC8DDE #CFBDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8A5ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8A5ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5ED0

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5ED0	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E76D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C75CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B758E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.170 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ddf',
    500: '#8a5ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ed0;
$custom-light: #b08ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 54.808,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58178,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ED0

secondary

#CADBAF

accent

#DE4AA5

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ED0

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

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