#8A68E2#8A68E2

#8A68E2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.178 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A68E2
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 54%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 40.99, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 70.76, 305.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.0703 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.178 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1554, 20.7942, 74.4143)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A68E2 #C0E268

analogous

#6883E2 #8A68E2 #C768E2

triadic

#8A68E2 #E28A68 #68E28A

tetradic

#8A68E2 #E26883 #C0E268 #68E2C7

square

#8A68E2 #E26883 #C0E268 #68E2C7

split-complementary

#8A68E2 #E2C768 #83E268

monochromatic

#4921AE #6235D8 #8A68E2 #B29BEC #DACFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8A68E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8A68E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A68E2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A68E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A68E2	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a68e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.178 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b194ec',
    500: '#8a68e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a68e2;
$custom-light: #b194ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a68e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60945,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A68E2

secondary

#DCE8BE

accent

#D0169C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A68E2

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

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