#8A5EEF#8A5EEF

#8A5EEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.208 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EEF
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 239)
HSL	hsl(258, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 50.02, -67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 83.67, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0816 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.208 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0597, 19.6398, 83.8517)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EEF #C3EF5E

analogous

#5E7AEF #8A5EEF #D35EEF

triadic

#8A5EEF #EF8A5E #5EEF8A

tetradic

#8A5EEF #EF5E7A #C3EF5E #5EEFD3

square

#8A5EEF #EF5E7A #C3EF5E #5EEFD3

split-complementary

#8A5EEF #EFD35E #7AEF5E

monochromatic

#4713C0 #6226E9 #8A5EEF #B296F5 #DBCDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8A5EEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8A5EEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EEF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EEF	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5eef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.208 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38df5',
    500: '#8a5eef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5eef;
$custom-light: #b38df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5eef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.207,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60258,
    "c": 0.20801,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EEF

secondary

#DEEDBC

accent

#DE079D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EEF

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

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