#8A61DE#8A61DE

#8A61DE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.183 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61DE
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 222)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 56.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 43.86, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 72.93, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0786 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.183 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9373, 19.2260, 71.3322)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61DE #B5DE61

analogous

#6176DE #8A61DE #C861DE

triadic

#8A61DE #DE8A61 #61DE8A

tetradic

#8A61DE #DE6176 #B5DE61 #61DEC8

square

#8A61DE #DE6176 #B5DE61 #61DEC8

split-complementary

#8A61DE #DEC861 #76DE61

monochromatic

#4C22A3 #652ED3 #8A61DE #AF94E9 #D5C6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A61DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A61DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61DE

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61DE	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3078DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.183 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18fe9',
    500: '#8a61de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61de;
$custom-light: #b18fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.68,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59557,
    "c": 0.18319,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61DE

secondary

#D5E4B7

accent

#CD1892

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61DE

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

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