#8A5ED2#8A5ED2

#8A5ED2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.173 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ED2
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 210)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 55%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 55.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 42.42, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 68.40, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0821 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.173 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1139, 18.0615, 63.0707)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ED2 #A6D25E

analogous

#5E6CD2 #8A5ED2 #C45ED2

triadic

#8A5ED2 #D28A5E #5ED28A

tetradic

#8A5ED2 #D25E6C #A6D25E #5ED2C4

square

#8A5ED2 #D25E6C #A6D25E #5ED2C4

split-complementary

#8A5ED2 #D2C45E #6CD25E

monochromatic

#4E288E #6935BE #8A5ED2 #AD8EDF #D0BEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8A5ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8A5ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5ED2

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5ED2	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B76D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A75CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A758F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.173 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08de0',
    500: '#8a5ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ed2;
$custom-light: #b08de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 56.311,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58305,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ED2

secondary

#CBDCAF

accent

#E048A6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ED2

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

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