#8A6ADD#8A6ADD

#8A6ADD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.169 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6ADD
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 221)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(257, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 52%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 38.50, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 66.83, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0676 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.169 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6830, 20.9312, 70.9215)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6ADD #BDDD6A

analogous

#6A84DD #8A6ADD #C46ADD

triadic

#8A6ADD #DD8A6A #6ADD8A

tetradic

#8A6ADD #DD6A84 #BDDD6A #6ADDC4

square

#8A6ADD #DD6A84 #BDDD6A #6ADDC4

split-complementary

#8A6ADD #DDC46A #84DD6A

monochromatic

#4A26A7 #6338D2 #8A6ADD #B19CE8 #D8CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A6ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A6ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6ADD

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6ADD	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.169 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b095e8',
    500: '#8a6add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6add;
$custom-light: #b095e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.696,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60961,
    "c": 0.16886,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6ADD

secondary

#DAE5BD

accent

#CB1B9A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6ADD

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

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