#8A61DD#8A61DD

#8A61DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.182 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61DD
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(260, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 56.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 43.60, -57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 72.40, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0786 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.182 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8037, 19.1726, 70.6284)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61DD #B4DD61

analogous

#6176DD #8A61DD #C861DD

triadic

#8A61DD #DD8A61 #61DD8A

tetradic

#8A61DD #DD6176 #B4DD61 #61DDC8

square

#8A61DD #DD6176 #B4DD61 #61DDC8

split-complementary

#8A61DD #DDC861 #76DD61

monochromatic

#4C23A1 #652FD2 #8A61DD #AF93E8 #D5C6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A61DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A61DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61DD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61DD	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#227AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3277DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.182 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18fe8',
    500: '#8a61dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61dd;
$custom-light: #b18fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.839,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59492,
    "c": 0.18195,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61DD

secondary

#D5E4B6

accent

#CC1991

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61DD

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

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