#8A5FA9#8A5FA9

#8A5FA9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.120 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5FA9
RGB	rgb(138, 95, 169)
HSL	hsl(275, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(275, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 43.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 31.77, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 45.90, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.0766 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.12 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7336, 16.4526, 39.5592)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5FA9 #7EA95F

analogous

#655FA9 #8A5FA9 #A95FA3

triadic

#8A5FA9 #A98A5F #5FA98A

tetradic

#8A5FA9 #A9655F #7EA95F #5FA3A9

square

#8A5FA9 #A9655F #7EA95F #5FA3A9

split-complementary

#8A5FA9 #A3A95F #5FA965

monochromatic

#4A325C #6A4784 #8A5FA9 #A787BE #C4AFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8A5FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8A5FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5FA9

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5FA9	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A72A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 95, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.120 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8dc3',
    500: '#8a5fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5fa9;
$custom-light: #ad8dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.865,
    "s": 30.081,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56088,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5FA9

secondary

#AFC2A2

accent

#C6618C

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5FA9

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

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