#8A5ED1#8A5ED1

#8A5ED1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.171 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ED1
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 209)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 55%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 42.16, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 67.87, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0821 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.171 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9897, 18.0119, 62.4166)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ED1 #A5D15E

analogous

#5E6BD1 #8A5ED1 #C45ED1

triadic

#8A5ED1 #D18A5E #5ED18A

tetradic

#8A5ED1 #D15E6B #A5D15E #5ED1C4

square

#8A5ED1 #D15E6B #A5D15E #5ED1C4

split-complementary

#8A5ED1 #D1C45E #6BD15E

monochromatic

#4F288C #6936BC #8A5ED1 #AD8EDF #CFBDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A5ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A5ED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5ED1

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5ED1	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D76D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B75CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B758E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.171 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08de0',
    500: '#8a5ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ed1;
$custom-light: #b08de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.957,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58241,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ED1

secondary

#CBDCAF

accent

#DF49A6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ED1

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

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