#8A5EDC#8A5EDC

#8A5EDC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.185 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EDC
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 220)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 45.01, -58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 73.70, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.0822 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.185 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3989, 18.5755, 69.8382)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EDC #B0DC5E

analogous

#5E71DC #8A5EDC #C95EDC

triadic

#8A5EDC #DC8A5E #5EDC8A

tetradic

#8A5EDC #DC5E71 #B0DC5E #5EDCC9

square

#8A5EDC #DC5E71 #B0DC5E #5EDCC9

split-complementary

#8A5EDC #DCC95E #71DC5E

monochromatic

#4D229D #662DD0 #8A5EDC #AF90E7 #D3C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A5EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A5EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EDC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EDC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1978E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D76D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.185 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de8',
    500: '#8a5edc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5edc;
$custom-light: #b18de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58956,
    "c": 0.18501,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EDC

secondary

#D2E2B3

accent

#CC198E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EDC

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

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