#8A5EE8#8A5EE8

#8A5EE8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.200 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE8
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 232)
HSL	hsl(259, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 48.16, -63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 80.01, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.082 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.2 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0455, 19.2342, 78.5105)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE8 #BCE85E

analogous

#5E77E8 #8A5EE8 #CF5EE8

triadic

#8A5EE8 #E88A5E #5EE88A

tetradic

#8A5EE8 #E85E77 #BCE85E #5EE8CF

square

#8A5EE8 #E85E77 #BCE85E #5EE8CF

split-complementary

#8A5EE8 #E8CF5E #77E85E

monochromatic

#4A19B2 #6328E0 #8A5EE8 #B194F0 #D8C9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A5EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A5EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE8	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1177E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.200 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df0',
    500: '#8a5ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee8;
$custom-light: #b28df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59769,
    "c": 0.1996,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE8

secondary

#DAE9B9

accent

#D70E97

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE8

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

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