#8A5ED9#8A5ED9

#8A5ED9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.181 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5ED9
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 217)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 56.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 44.23, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 72.12, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0822 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.181 297)
XYZ	xyz(27.0052, 18.4180, 67.7644)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5ED9 #ADD95E

analogous

#5E6FD9 #8A5ED9 #C75ED9

triadic

#8A5ED9 #D98A5E #5ED98A

tetradic

#8A5ED9 #D95E6F #ADD95E #5ED9C7

square

#8A5ED9 #D95E6F #ADD95E #5ED9C7

split-complementary

#8A5ED9 #D9C75E #6FD95E

monochromatic

#4E2499 #6730CA #8A5ED9 #AE90E5 #D2C1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8A5ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8A5ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5ED9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5ED9	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2077DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3275D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.181 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de5',
    500: '#8a5ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ed9;
$custom-light: #b18de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.463,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58758,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.18418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5ED9

secondary

#D0E1B2

accent

#CA1C8B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5ED9

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

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