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#8A5DA8 Color

#8A5DA8 is rgb(138, 93, 168) in RGB, hsl(276, 30%, 51%) in HSL, and about cmyk(18%, 45%, 0%, 34%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Royal Purple (#7851A9), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 9.72. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#8A5DA8
HEX#8A5DA8
RGBrgb(138, 93, 168)
HSLhsl(276, 30%, 51%)
HSVhsv(276, 45%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 45%, 0%, 34%)
OKLCHoklch(55.7% 0.122 310.6)
LABlab(46.81% 29.61 -33.46)
LCHlch(46.81% 44.68 311.51)

What #8A5DA8 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #8A5DA8, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Royal Purple#7851A9ΔE 9.72Middle Blue Purple#8B72BEΔE 9.96Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 12.79Ultra Violet#5F4B8BΔE 14.26Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 14.67Purpureus#9A4EAEΔE 14.7

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#8A5DA8 Channel Values

How #8A5DA8 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 138 · G 93 · B 1688-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 276° · S 30% · L 51%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 276° · S 45% · V 66%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 18% · M 45% · Y 0% · K 34%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.99:1 vs white · 4.21:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #8A5DA8 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text4.99:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.21:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #8A5DA8 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #8A5DA8

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #8A5DA8; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#8A5DA8
Complementary
#7BA85D
Analogous
#645DA8
Analogous
#A85DA0
Triadic
#A88A5D
Triadic
#5DA88A
Split comp.
#A0A85D
Split comp.
#5DA864

Tints & Shades of #8A5DA8

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#9A74B4
#A988BF
#B99FCB
#CAB6D8
#DBCDE4
#E9E1EF

Shades

#774F92
#67447E
#543767
#412B50
#2E1E38
#1E1424

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #8A5DA8.

How #8A5DA8 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#8A5DA8
Protanopia#6666A8
Protanomaly#7663A8
Deuteranopia#6E6EA7
Deuteranomaly#7A68A8
Tritanopia#816A6A
Tritanomaly#846587
Achromatopsia#707070

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Using #8A5DA8 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-8a5da8: #8A5DA8;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #8A5DA8;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-8a5da8': '#8A5DA8' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.541, green: 0.365, blue: 0.659)
Android XML<color name="color_8a5da8">#8A5DA8</color>
SVG fillfill="#8A5DA8"

More Purple Colors

#8A5DA8 sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

150024fdf8ff170b22fdf4ff1b0d35faf5ff1d0731fae8ff1e0033f6cfff20002ef3e8ff3000524020605414906600cc7008e78806ce9900cca11fffb19cd9c27affcebeefe0b2eb

#8A5DA8 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #8A5DA8?

#8A5DA8 is a mid-tone purple — rgb(138, 93, 168) in RGB and hsl(276, 30%, 51%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Royal Purple (#7851A9), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 9.72.

What is the RGB value of #8A5DA8?

#8A5DA8 is rgb(138, 93, 168) — red 138, green 93, and blue 168 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #8A5DA8?

#8A5DA8 converts to approximately cmyk(18%, 45%, 0%, 34%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #8A5DA8 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #8A5DA8 scores 4.99:1 against white and 4.21:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #8A5DA8 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #8A5DA8 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumpurple (#9370DB) at a CIE76 distance of 18.9, which is visibly different.

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