#8B5ABA#8B5ABA

#8B5ABA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.150 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5ABA
RGB	rgb(139, 90, 186)
HSL	hsl(271, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 51.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 38.93, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 58.20, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.0873 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.15 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1647, 16.3466, 48.3797)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5ABA #89BA5A

analogous

#5B5ABA #8B5ABA #BA5AB9

triadic

#8B5ABA #BA8B5A #5ABA8B

tetradic

#8B5ABA #BA5B5A #89BA5A #5AB9BA

square

#8B5ABA #BA5B5A #89BA5A #5AB9BA

split-complementary

#8B5ABA #B9BA5A #5ABA5B

monochromatic

#4D2D6C #6C3F97 #8B5ABA #A985CC #C8B0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#8B5ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#8B5ABA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5ABA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5ABA	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B71B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 90, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.150 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8acf',
    500: '#8b5aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5aba;
$custom-light: #af8acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.625,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56297,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5ABA

secondary

#B7CCA3

accent

#D15793

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5ABA

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

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