#8A5EE7#8A5EE7

#8A5EE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.198 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE7
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 59.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 47.90, -63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 79.49, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.082 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.198 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9039, 19.1775, 77.7646)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE7 #BBE75E

analogous

#5E76E7 #8A5EE7 #CE5EE7

triadic

#8A5EE7 #E78A5E #5EE78A

tetradic

#8A5EE7 #E75E76 #BBE75E #5EE7CE

square

#8A5EE7 #E75E76 #BBE75E #5EE7CE

split-complementary

#8A5EE7 #E7CE5E #76E75E

monochromatic

#4A1AB0 #6329DF #8A5EE7 #B193EF #D7C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A5EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8A5EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE7

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE7	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1577E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.198 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28def',
    500: '#8a5ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee7;
$custom-light: #b28def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.27,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.597,
    "c": 0.19839,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE7

secondary

#D9E9B8

accent

#D60F96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE7

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

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