#8A5EEE#8A5EEE

#8A5EEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.207 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EEE
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 49.76, -66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 83.15, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.0817 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.207 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9124, 19.5809, 83.0758)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EEE #C2EE5E

analogous

#5E7AEE #8A5EEE #D25EEE

triadic

#8A5EEE #EE8A5E #5EEE8A

tetradic

#8A5EEE #EE5E7A #C2EE5E #5EEED2

square

#8A5EEE #EE5E7A #C2EE5E #5EEED2

split-complementary

#8A5EEE #EED25E #7AEE5E

monochromatic

#4814BE #6227E8 #8A5EEE #B295F4 #DACDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8A5EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8A5EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EEE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EEE	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.207 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28df4',
    500: '#8a5eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eee;
$custom-light: #b28df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60188,
    "c": 0.20681,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EEE

secondary

#DDECBB

accent

#DD089C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EEE

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

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