#8A61B6#8A61B6

#8A61B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.133 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61B6
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 182)
HSL	hsl(269, 37%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 46.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 33.70, -38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 51.52, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.0758 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.133 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1976, 17.3302, 46.3699)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61B6 #8DB661

analogous

#6163B6 #8A61B6 #B561B6

triadic

#8A61B6 #B68A61 #61B68A

tetradic

#8A61B6 #B66163 #8DB661 #61B6B5

square

#8A61B6 #B66163 #8DB661 #61B6B5

split-complementary

#8A61B6 #B6B561 #63B661

monochromatic

#4D316B #6B4595 #8A61B6 #A98BC9 #C8B5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A61B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8A61B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A61B6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A61B6	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A72B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5474B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.133 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8fcc',
    500: '#8a61b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61b6;
$custom-light: #ae8fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.941,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57132,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61B6

secondary

#BACBA7

accent

#CD5B96

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61B6

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

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