#8A61EE#8A61EE

#8A61EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.203 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61EE
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 59.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 48.12, -65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 81.37, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.0784 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.203 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1843, 20.1249, 83.1665)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61EE #C5EE61

analogous

#617EEE #8A61EE #D061EE

triadic

#8A61EE #EE8A61 #61EE8A

tetradic

#8A61EE #EE617E #C5EE61 #61EED0

square

#8A61EE #EE617E #C5EE61 #61EED0

split-complementary

#8A61EE #EED061 #7EEE61

monochromatic

#4615C0 #612AE8 #8A61EE #B398F4 #DCD0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#8A61EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8A61EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A61EE

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A61EE	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0479EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E809E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.203 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ff4',
    500: '#8a61ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61ee;
$custom-light: #b28ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.447,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60639,
    "c": 0.20281,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61EE

secondary

#DFEDBE

accent

#DD099F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61EE

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

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