#8A5EEB#8A5EEB

#8A5EEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.203 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EEB
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 60%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 48.96, -65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 81.58, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.0818 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.203 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4753, 19.4061, 80.7739)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EEB #BFEB5E

analogous

#5E79EB #8A5EEB #D05EEB

triadic

#8A5EEB #EB8A5E #5EEB8A

tetradic

#8A5EEB #EB5E79 #BFEB5E #5EEBD0

square

#8A5EEB #EB5E79 #BFEB5E #5EEBD0

split-complementary

#8A5EEB #EBD05E #79EB5E

monochromatic

#4917B8 #6228E4 #8A5EEB #B294F2 #D9CBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A5EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A5EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EEB

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EEB	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0177E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.203 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df2',
    500: '#8a5eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eeb;
$custom-light: #b28df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.723,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59977,
    "c": 0.20321,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EEB

secondary

#DCEBBA

accent

#DA0B9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EEB

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

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