#8A5EE1#8A5EE1

#8A5EE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.191 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE1
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 225)
HSL	hsl(260, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 58.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 46.32, -60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 76.34, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.0822 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.191 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0710, 18.8444, 73.3779)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE1 #B5E15E

analogous

#5E73E1 #8A5EE1 #CC5EE1

triadic

#8A5EE1 #E18A5E #5EE18A

tetradic

#8A5EE1 #E15E73 #B5E15E #5EE1CC

square

#8A5EE1 #E15E73 #B5E15E #5EE1CC

split-complementary

#8A5EE1 #E1CC5E #73E15E

monochromatic

#4C1FA6 #652AD7 #8A5EE1 #AF92EB #D5C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A5EE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A5EE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE1

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE1	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0779E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2476DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.191 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18deb',
    500: '#8a5ee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee1;
$custom-light: #b18deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.153,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59291,
    "c": 0.19112,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE1

secondary

#D5E5B6

accent

#D11592

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE1

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

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