#8A5EDB#8A5EDB

#8A5EDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.184 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EDB
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 219)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 57.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 44.75, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 73.17, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.0822 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.184 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2669, 18.5227, 69.1428)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EDB #AFDB5E

analogous

#5E71DB #8A5EDB #C95EDB

triadic

#8A5EDB #DB8A5E #5EDB8A

tetradic

#8A5EDB #DB5E71 #AFDB5E #5EDBC9

square

#8A5EDB #DB5E71 #AFDB5E #5EDBC9

split-complementary

#8A5EDB #DBC95E #71DB5E

monochromatic

#4D239C #662ECE #8A5EDB #AE90E6 #D3C2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8A5EDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8A5EDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EDB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EDB	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F76D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.184 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de7',
    500: '#8a5edb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5edb;
$custom-light: #b18de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.12,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5889,
    "c": 0.18379,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EDB

secondary

#D1E2B3

accent

#CB1A8D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EDB

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

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