#8A61B2#8A61B2

#8A61B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.128 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61B2
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 178)
HSL	hsl(270, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 32.74, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 49.37, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.0752 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.128 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7902, 17.1672, 44.2238)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61B2 #89B261

analogous

#6261B2 #8A61B2 #B261B2

triadic

#8A61B2 #B28A61 #61B28A

tetradic

#8A61B2 #B26261 #89B261 #61B2B2

square

#8A61B2 #B26261 #89B261 #61B2B2

split-complementary

#8A61B2 #B2B261 #61B262

monochromatic

#4D3267 #6B4690 #8A61B2 #A88AC6 #C7B3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A61B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A61B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A61B2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A61B2	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D72B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5773B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.128 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8fc9',
    500: '#8a61b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61b2;
$custom-light: #ae8fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.37,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56913,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61B2

secondary

#B7C9A6

accent

#CB5D93

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61B2

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

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