#8A5FA1#8A5FA1

#8A5FA1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.110 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5FA1
RGB	rgb(138, 95, 161)
HSL	hsl(279, 26%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 41%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 29.95, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 41.69, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.0751 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.11 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0054, 16.1613, 35.7242)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5FA1 #76A15F

analogous

#695FA1 #8A5FA1 #A15F97

triadic

#8A5FA1 #A18A5F #5FA18A

tetradic

#8A5FA1 #A1695F #76A15F #5F97A1

square

#8A5FA1 #A1695F #76A15F #5F97A1

split-complementary

#8A5FA1 #97A15F #5FA169

monochromatic

#483154 #69487B #8A5FA1 #A686B8 #C2ACCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8A5FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A5FA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5FA1

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5FA1	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D719F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 95, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.110 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8dbd',
    500: '#8a5fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5fa1;
$custom-light: #ad8dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 25.984,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5568,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5FA1

secondary

#A9BD9F

accent

#C26586

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5FA1

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

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