#8A5EE9#8A5EE9

#8A5EE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.201 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EE9
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 233)
HSL	hsl(259, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 48.43, -64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 80.54, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.0819 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.201 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1880, 19.2912, 79.2607)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EE9 #BDE95E

analogous

#5E78E9 #8A5EE9 #D05EE9

triadic

#8A5EE9 #E98A5E #5EE98A

tetradic

#8A5EE9 #E95E78 #BDE95E #5EE9D0

square

#8A5EE9 #E95E78 #BDE95E #5EE9D0

split-complementary

#8A5EE9 #E9D05E #78E95E

monochromatic

#4A19B4 #6328E2 #8A5EE9 #B194F0 #D8CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8A5EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8A5EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EE9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EE9	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D77E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.201 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df1',
    500: '#8a5ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ee9;
$custom-light: #b28df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.993,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59838,
    "c": 0.20081,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EE9

secondary

#DAEAB9

accent

#D80D98

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EE9

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

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