#8A61E8#8A61E8

#8A61E8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.196 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61E8
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 232)
HSL	hsl(258, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 58.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 46.51, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 78.22, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.0786 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.196 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3175, 19.7781, 78.6012)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61E8 #BFE861

analogous

#617CE8 #8A61E8 #CD61E8

triadic

#8A61E8 #E88A61 #61E88A

tetradic

#8A61E8 #E8617C #BFE861 #61E8CD

square

#8A61E8 #E8617C #BFE861 #61E8CD

split-complementary

#8A61E8 #E8CD61 #7CE861

monochromatic

#491AB4 #622CE0 #8A61E8 #B296F0 #D9CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A61E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8A61E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61E8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61E8	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D79E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.196 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ff0',
    500: '#8a61e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61e8;
$custom-light: #b28ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60227,
    "c": 0.1955,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61E8

secondary

#DCEABB

accent

#D70F9A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61E8

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

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