#8A69E6#8A69E6

#8A69E6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.182 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A69E6
RGB	rgb(138, 105, 230)
HSL	hsl(256, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(256, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 54.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 41.49, -59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 72.28, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.0692 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.182 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8119, 21.2188, 77.3725)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A69E6 #C5E669

analogous

#6986E6 #8A69E6 #C869E6

triadic

#8A69E6 #E68A69 #69E68A

tetradic

#8A69E6 #E66986 #C5E669 #69E6C8

square

#8A69E6 #E66986 #C5E669 #69E6C8

split-complementary

#8A69E6 #E6C869 #86E669

monochromatic

#461EB6 #6135DD #8A69E6 #B39DEF #DCD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8A69E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A69E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A69E6

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A69E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A69E6	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a69e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 105, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.182 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195ef',
    500: '#8a69e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a69e6;
$custom-light: #b195ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a69e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.84,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61367,
    "c": 0.18183,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A69E6

secondary

#DFEAC1

accent

#D312A0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A69E6

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

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