#8A5ED4#8A5ED4

#8A5ED4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.175 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ED4
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 212)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 56%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 55.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 42.93, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 69.47, 308.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.0822 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.175 298)
XYZ	xyz(26.3647, 18.1618, 64.3911)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ED4 #A8D45E

analogous

#5E6DD4 #8A5ED4 #C55ED4

triadic

#8A5ED4 #D48A5E #5ED48A

tetradic

#8A5ED4 #D45E6D #A8D45E #5ED4C5

square

#8A5ED4 #D45E6D #A8D45E #5ED4C5

split-complementary

#8A5ED4 #D4C55E #6DD45E

monochromatic

#4E2791 #6834C1 #8A5ED4 #AD8EE1 #D0BFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8A5ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8A5ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5ED4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5ED4	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2876D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3875D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.175 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08de2',
    500: '#8a5ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ed4;
$custom-light: #b08de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58433,
    "c": 0.17518,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.18162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ED4

secondary

#CDDEB0

accent

#E147A8

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ED4

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

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