#8A5EFE#8A5EFE

#8A5EFE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.226 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5EFE
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 254)
HSL	hsl(257, 99%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 63%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 54.04, -73.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 91.42, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.0805 -0.2109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.226 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3683, 20.5633, 96.0104)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5EFE #D2FE5E

analogous

#5E82FE #8A5EFE #DA5EFE

triadic

#8A5EFE #FE8A5E #5EFE8A

tetradic

#8A5EFE #FE5E82 #D2FE5E #5EFEDA

square

#8A5EFE #FE5E82 #D2FE5E #5EFEDA

split-complementary

#8A5EFE #FEDA5E #82FE5E

monochromatic

#3F01E0 #5E21FE #8A5EFE #B69BFE #E2D8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A5EFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8A5EFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A5EFE

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5EFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A5EFE	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007AFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6684A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5efe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.226 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48eff',
    500: '#8a5efe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5efe;
$custom-light: #b48eff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5efe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 98.765,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61343,
    "c": 0.22577,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5EFE

secondary

#E7F4C4

accent

#E600A6

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5EFE

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

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