#8A6AE2#8A6AE2

#8A6AE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.175 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AE2
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 226)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 53.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 39.85, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 69.52, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.0679 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.175 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3591, 21.2016, 74.4822)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AE2 #C2E26A

analogous

#6A86E2 #8A6AE2 #C66AE2

triadic

#8A6AE2 #E28A6A #6AE28A

tetradic

#8A6AE2 #E26A86 #C2E26A #6AE2C6

square

#8A6AE2 #E26A86 #C2E26A #6AE2C6

split-complementary

#8A6AE2 #E2C66A #86E26A

monochromatic

#4822AF #6237D8 #8A6AE2 #B29DEC #DAD0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A6AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A6AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AE2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AE2	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#3481E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.175 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195ec',
    500: '#8a6ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ae2;
$custom-light: #b195ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61275,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AE2

secondary

#DDE8C0

accent

#CF169E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AE2

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

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