#8A5EEA#8A5EEA

#8A5EEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.202 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EEA
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 59.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 48.69, -64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 81.06, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0819 -0.1847)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.202 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3312, 19.3485, 80.0152)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EEA #BEEA5E

analogous

#5E78EA #8A5EEA #D05EEA

triadic

#8A5EEA #EA8A5E #5EEA8A

tetradic

#8A5EEA #EA5E78 #BEEA5E #5EEAD0

square

#8A5EEA #EA5E78 #BEEA5E #5EEAD0

split-complementary

#8A5EEA #EAD05E #78EA5E

monochromatic

#4918B6 #6328E3 #8A5EEA #B194F1 #D9CAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A5EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A5EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EEA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EEA	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0777E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.202 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df2',
    500: '#8a5eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eea;
$custom-light: #b28df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59908,
    "c": 0.202,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EEA

secondary

#DBEABA

accent

#D90C99

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EEA

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

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