#8A5EEC#8A5EEC

#8A5EEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.204 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EEC
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 60.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 49.22, -65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 82.10, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.0818 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.204 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6202, 19.4640, 81.5369)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EEC #C0EC5E

analogous

#5E79EC #8A5EEC #D15EEC

triadic

#8A5EEC #EC8A5E #5EEC8A

tetradic

#8A5EEC #EC5E79 #C0EC5E #5EECD1

square

#8A5EEC #EC5E79 #C0EC5E #5EECD1

split-complementary

#8A5EEC #ECD15E #79EC5E

monochromatic

#4916BA #6227E6 #8A5EEC #B295F2 #DACBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A5EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A5EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EEC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EEC	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.204 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df3',
    500: '#8a5eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eec;
$custom-light: #b28df3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.20441,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EEC

secondary

#DCEBBB

accent

#DB0A9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EEC

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

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