#8A5EE3#8A5EE3

#8A5EE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.194 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE3
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 227)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 46.84, -61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 77.39, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.0821 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.194 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3454, 18.9541, 74.8232)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE3 #B7E35E

analogous

#5E74E3 #8A5EE3 #CD5EE3

triadic

#8A5EE3 #E38A5E #5EE38A

tetradic

#8A5EE3 #E35E74 #B7E35E #5EE3CD

square

#8A5EE3 #E35E74 #B7E35E #5EE3CD

split-complementary

#8A5EE3 #E3CD5E #74E35E

monochromatic

#4C1DA9 #642ADA #8A5EE3 #B092EC #D6C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A5EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A5EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE3	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2077E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.194 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ded',
    500: '#8a5ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee3;
$custom-light: #b18ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.85,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59426,
    "c": 0.19355,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE3

secondary

#D6E6B6

accent

#D21393

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE3

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

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