#8A6AE4#8A6AE4

#8A6AE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.178 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AE4
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 53.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 40.39, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 70.59, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.0679 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.178 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6351, 21.3120, 75.9360)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AE4 #C4E46A

analogous

#6A87E4 #8A6AE4 #C76AE4

triadic

#8A6AE4 #E48A6A #6AE48A

tetradic

#8A6AE4 #E46A87 #C4E46A #6AE4C7

square

#8A6AE4 #E46A87 #C4E46A #6AE4C7

split-complementary

#8A6AE4 #E4C76A #87E46A

monochromatic

#4720B3 #6136DB #8A6AE4 #B39EED #DBD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8A6AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8A6AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AE4

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AE4	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3281E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.178 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195ed',
    500: '#8a6ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ae4;
$custom-light: #b195ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.738,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61403,
    "c": 0.17785,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AE4

secondary

#DFE9C0

accent

#D114A0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AE4

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

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