#8A61E5#8A61E5

#8A61E5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.192 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61E5
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 229)
HSL	hsl(259, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 45.72, -61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 76.64, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0786 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.192 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8950, 19.6091, 76.3761)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61E5 #BCE561

analogous

#617AE5 #8A61E5 #CC61E5

triadic

#8A61E5 #E58A61 #61E58A

tetradic

#8A61E5 #E5617A #BCE561 #61E5CC

square

#8A61E5 #E5617A #BCE561 #61E5CC

split-complementary

#8A61E5 #E5CC61 #7AE561

monochromatic

#4A1DAF #632CDC #8A61E5 #B196EE #D8CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8A61E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8A61E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61E5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61E5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2478E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.192 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18fee',
    500: '#8a61e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61e5;
$custom-light: #b18fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60023,
    "c": 0.19183,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61E5

secondary

#DAE8BA

accent

#D41298

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61E5

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

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