#8A68E6#8A68E6

#8A68E6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.183 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A68E6
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 230)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 54.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 42.06, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 72.90, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.0704 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.183 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7106, 21.0163, 77.3387)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A68E6 #C4E668

analogous

#6885E6 #8A68E6 #C968E6

triadic

#8A68E6 #E68A68 #68E68A

tetradic

#8A68E6 #E66885 #C4E668 #68E6C9

square

#8A68E6 #E66885 #C4E668 #68E6C9

split-complementary

#8A68E6 #E6C968 #85E668

monochromatic

#471EB6 #6133DD #8A68E6 #B39DEF #DBD1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A68E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8A68E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A68E6

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A68E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A68E6	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2980EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a68e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.183 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b194ef',
    500: '#8a68e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a68e6;
$custom-light: #b194ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a68e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.19,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61203,
    "c": 0.18324,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A68E6

secondary

#DFEAC0

accent

#D4129F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A68E6

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

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