#8A60E6#8A60E6

#8A60E6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.194 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A60E6
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 230)
HSL	hsl(259, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 58.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 46.53, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 77.77, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.0797 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.194 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9432, 19.4815, 77.0829)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A60E6 #BCE660

analogous

#6079E6 #8A60E6 #CD60E6

triadic

#8A60E6 #E68A60 #60E68A

tetradic

#8A60E6 #E66079 #BCE660 #60E6CD

square

#8A60E6 #E66079 #BCE660 #60E6CD

split-complementary

#8A60E6 #E6CD60 #79E660

monochromatic

#4A1CB0 #632BDE #8A60E6 #B195EE #D8CAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A60E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8A60E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A60E6

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A60E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A60E6	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F78E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a60e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.194 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28fef',
    500: '#8a60e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a60e6;
$custom-light: #b28fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a60e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.806,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59936,
    "c": 0.19443,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A60E6

secondary

#DAE8B9

accent

#D51197

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A60E6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →