#8A5EDD#8A5EDD

#8A5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.186 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EDD
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 45.27, -58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 74.23, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.0822 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.186 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5317, 18.6286, 70.5377)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EDD #B1DD5E

analogous

#5E72DD #8A5EDD #C95EDD

triadic

#8A5EDD #DD8A5E #5EDD8A

tetradic

#8A5EDD #DD5E72 #B1DD5E #5EDDC9

square

#8A5EDD #DD5E72 #B1DD5E #5EDDC9

split-complementary

#8A5EDD #DDC95E #72DD5E

monochromatic

#4D229F #662CD2 #8A5EDD #AF91E8 #D3C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8A5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8A5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EDD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EDD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1778E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.186 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18de8',
    500: '#8a5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5edd;
$custom-light: #b18de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.787,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59022,
    "c": 0.18624,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EDD

secondary

#D3E3B4

accent

#CD198E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EDD

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

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