#8A61E2#8A61E2

#8A61E2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.188 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61E2
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 226)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 57.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 44.92, -60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 75.05, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% 0.0786 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.188 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4798, 19.4430, 74.1891)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61E2 #B9E261

analogous

#6178E2 #8A61E2 #CB61E2

triadic

#8A61E2 #E28A61 #61E28A

tetradic

#8A61E2 #E26178 #B9E261 #61E2CB

square

#8A61E2 #E26178 #B9E261 #61E2CB

split-complementary

#8A61E2 #E2CB61 #78E261

monochromatic

#4B1FA9 #642DD9 #8A61E2 #B095EB #D7C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A61E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A61E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61E2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61E2	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A78DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.188 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18fec',
    500: '#8a61e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61e2;
$custom-light: #b18fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.07,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59822,
    "c": 0.18814,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61E2

secondary

#D8E6B8

accent

#D11595

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61E2

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

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