#8A61D9#8A61D9

#8A61D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.177 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61D9
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 217)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 55.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 42.55, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 70.28, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.0786 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.177 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2771, 18.9620, 67.8551)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61D9 #B0D961

analogous

#6174D9 #8A61D9 #C661D9

triadic

#8A61D9 #D98A61 #61D98A

tetradic

#8A61D9 #D96174 #B0D961 #61D9C6

square

#8A61D9 #D96174 #B0D961 #61D9C6

split-complementary

#8A61D9 #D9C661 #74D961

monochromatic

#4D259A #6631CC #8A61D9 #AF92E5 #D3C4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A61D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A61D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61D9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61D9	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2979DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3777D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.177 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08fe5',
    500: '#8a61d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61d9;
$custom-light: #b08fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59232,
    "c": 0.17698,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61D9

secondary

#D2E1B5

accent

#C91D8E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61D9

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

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