#8A5EDA#8A5EDA

#8A5EDA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.183 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EDA
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 218)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 56.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 44.49, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 72.65, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.0822 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.183 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1356, 18.4702, 68.4515)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EDA #AEDA5E

analogous

#5E70DA #8A5EDA #C85EDA

triadic

#8A5EDA #DA8A5E #5EDA8A

tetradic

#8A5EDA #DA5E70 #AEDA5E #5EDAC8

square

#8A5EDA #DA5E70 #AEDA5E #5EDAC8

split-complementary

#8A5EDA #DAC85E #70DA5E

monochromatic

#4E239A #672FCC #8A5EDA #AE90E5 #D2C2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A5EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A5EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EDA

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EDA	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E78DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3076D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.183 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de6',
    500: '#8a5eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eda;
$custom-light: #b18de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 62.626,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58824,
    "c": 0.18256,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EDA

secondary

#D1E1B3

accent

#CA1B8C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EDA

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

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