#8A5EE4#8A5EE4

#8A5EE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.195 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE4
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 228)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 58.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 47.11, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 77.92, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0821 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.195 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4838, 19.0095, 75.5522)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE4 #B8E45E

analogous

#5E75E4 #8A5EE4 #CD5EE4

triadic

#8A5EE4 #E48A5E #5EE48A

tetradic

#8A5EE4 #E45E75 #B8E45E #5EE4CD

square

#8A5EE4 #E45E75 #B8E45E #5EE4CD

split-complementary

#8A5EE4 #E4CD5E #75E45E

monochromatic

#4B1DAB #642ADB #8A5EE4 #B092ED #D6C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8A5EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A5EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE4	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E77E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.195 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ded',
    500: '#8a5ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee4;
$custom-light: #b18ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.701,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59494,
    "c": 0.19476,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE4

secondary

#D7E7B7

accent

#D31294

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE4

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

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