#8A61D5#8A61D5

#8A61D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.172 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61D5
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 213)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 41.51, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 68.15, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.0785 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.172 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7632, 18.7564, 65.1482)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61D5 #ACD561

analogous

#6172D5 #8A61D5 #C461D5

triadic

#8A61D5 #D58A61 #61D58A

tetradic

#8A61D5 #D56172 #ACD561 #61D5C4

square

#8A61D5 #D56172 #ACD561 #61D5C4

split-complementary

#8A61D5 #D5C461 #72D561

monochromatic

#4E2794 #6734C5 #8A61D5 #AE91E2 #D2C2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A61D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A61D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61D5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61D5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.172 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08fe2',
    500: '#8a61d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61d5;
$custom-light: #b08fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.207,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58976,
    "c": 0.17199,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61D5

secondary

#CFDFB3

accent

#C6208B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61D5

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

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