#8A5EED#8A5EED

#8A5EED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.206 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EED
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 237)
HSL	hsl(258, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 60.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 49.49, -66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 82.63, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.0817 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.206 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7659, 19.5223, 82.3042)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EED #C1ED5E

analogous

#5E79ED #8A5EED #D25EED

triadic

#8A5EED #ED8A5E #5EED8A

tetradic

#8A5EED #ED5E79 #C1ED5E #5EEDD2

square

#8A5EED #ED5E79 #C1ED5E #5EEDD2

split-complementary

#8A5EED #EDD25E #79ED5E

monochromatic

#4815BC #6227E7 #8A5EED #B295F3 #DACCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8A5EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8A5EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EED

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EED	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.206 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df4',
    500: '#8a5eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eed;
$custom-light: #b28df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60117,
    "c": 0.20561,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EED

secondary

#DDECBB

accent

#DC099B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EED

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

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