#8A61D6#8A61D6

#8A61D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.173 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61D6
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 214)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 54.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 41.77, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 68.68, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0785 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.173 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8905, 18.8073, 65.8187)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61D6 #ADD661

analogous

#6172D6 #8A61D6 #C561D6

triadic

#8A61D6 #D68A61 #61D68A

tetradic

#8A61D6 #D66172 #ADD661 #61D6C5

square

#8A61D6 #D66172 #ADD661 #61D6C5

split-complementary

#8A61D6 #D6C561 #72D661

monochromatic

#4E2796 #6733C6 #8A61D6 #AE92E3 #D2C2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A61D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A61D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61D6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61D6	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A77D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.173 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08fe3',
    500: '#8a61d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61d6;
$custom-light: #b08fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59039,
    "c": 0.17324,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61D6

secondary

#D0DFB3

accent

#C61F8C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61D6

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

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