#8A5EE0#8A5EE0

#8A5EE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.190 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE0
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 224)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(260, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 58%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 46.05, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 75.81, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0822 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.19 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9350, 18.7900, 72.6616)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE0 #B4E05E

analogous

#5E73E0 #8A5EE0 #CB5EE0

triadic

#8A5EE0 #E08A5E #5EE08A

tetradic

#8A5EE0 #E05E73 #B4E05E #5EE0CB

square

#8A5EE0 #E05E73 #B4E05E #5EE0CB

split-complementary

#8A5EE0 #E0CB5E #73E05E

monochromatic

#4C20A4 #652BD6 #8A5EE0 #AF91EA #D5C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A5EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A5EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE0

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE0	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C79E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2676DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.190 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dea',
    500: '#8a5ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee0;
$custom-light: #b18dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.308,
    "s": 67.708,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59223,
    "c": 0.1899,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE0

secondary

#D5E5B5

accent

#D01691

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE0

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

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