#8A5EE6#8A5EE6

#8A5EE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.197 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE6
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 59.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 47.63, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 78.97, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.082 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.197 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7631, 19.1212, 77.0229)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE6 #BAE65E

analogous

#5E76E6 #8A5EE6 #CE5EE6

triadic

#8A5EE6 #E68A5E #5EE68A

tetradic

#8A5EE6 #E65E76 #BAE65E #5EE6CE

square

#8A5EE6 #E65E76 #BAE65E #5EE6CE

split-complementary

#8A5EE6 #E6CE5E #76E65E

monochromatic

#4B1BAF #6429DE #8A5EE6 #B093EE #D7C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A5EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A5EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE6	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1877E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.197 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28def',
    500: '#8a5ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee6;
$custom-light: #b28def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59631,
    "c": 0.19718,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE6

secondary

#D8E8B8

accent

#D51096

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE6

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

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