#8A5EE2#8A5EE2

#8A5EE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.192 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE2
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 58.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 46.58, -61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 76.87, 307.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0821 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.192 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2078, 18.8991, 74.0985)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE2 #B6E25E

analogous

#5E74E2 #8A5EE2 #CC5EE2

triadic

#8A5EE2 #E28A5E #5EE28A

tetradic

#8A5EE2 #E25E74 #B6E25E #5EE2CC

square

#8A5EE2 #E25E74 #B6E25E #5EE2CC

split-complementary

#8A5EE2 #E2CC5E #74E25E

monochromatic

#4C1EA7 #642AD9 #8A5EE2 #B092EB #D5C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A5EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A5EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE2

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE2	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0279E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2276DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.192 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dec',
    500: '#8a5ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee2;
$custom-light: #b18dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59358,
    "c": 0.19233,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE2

secondary

#D6E6B6

accent

#D11492

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE2

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

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