#8A5EE5#8A5EE5

#8A5EE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.196 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE5
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 229)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 59%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 47.37, -62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 78.44, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0821 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.196 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6231, 19.0652, 76.2854)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE5 #B9E55E

analogous

#5E75E5 #8A5EE5 #CE5EE5

triadic

#8A5EE5 #E58A5E #5EE58A

tetradic

#8A5EE5 #E55E75 #B9E55E #5EE5CE

square

#8A5EE5 #E55E75 #B9E55E #5EE5CE

split-complementary

#8A5EE5 #E5CE5E #75E55E

monochromatic

#4B1CAD #6429DC #8A5EE5 #B093EE #D7C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A5EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A5EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE5	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.196 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28dee',
    500: '#8a5ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee5;
$custom-light: #b28dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.556,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59562,
    "c": 0.19598,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE5

secondary

#D8E7B7

accent

#D41195

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE5

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

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