#8A5EF7#8A5EF7

#8A5EF7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.218 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EF7
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 247)
HSL	hsl(257, 91%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 62%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 61.9%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 52.16, -70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 87.82, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0811 -0.2018)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.218 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2678, 20.1231, 90.2143)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EF7 #CBF75E

analogous

#5E7FF7 #8A5EF7 #D75EF7

triadic

#8A5EF7 #F78A5E #5EF78A

tetradic

#8A5EF7 #F75E7F #CBF75E #5EF7D7

square

#8A5EF7 #F75E7F #CBF75E #5EF7D7

split-complementary

#8A5EF7 #F7D75E #7FF75E

monochromatic

#430AD0 #6024F4 #8A5EF7 #B498FA #DFD3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#8A5EF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#8A5EF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EF7

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EF7	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A82A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5ef7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.218 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38efb',
    500: '#8a5ef7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5ef7;
$custom-light: #b38efb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5ef7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.255,
    "s": 90.533,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60831,
    "c": 0.21753,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EF7

secondary

#E3F1C0

accent

#E600A3

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EF7

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

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