#8A6AE6#8A6AE6

#8A6AE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.180 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AE6
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 40.93, -58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 71.66, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.068 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.18 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9143, 21.4237, 77.4066)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AE6 #C6E66A

analogous

#6A88E6 #8A6AE6 #C86AE6

triadic

#8A6AE6 #E68A6A #6AE68A

tetradic

#8A6AE6 #E66A88 #C6E66A #6AE6C8

square

#8A6AE6 #E66A88 #C6E66A #6AE6C8

split-complementary

#8A6AE6 #E6C86A #88E66A

monochromatic

#461FB7 #6136DD #8A6AE6 #B39EEF #DCD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A6AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A6AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AE6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AE6	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.180 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195ef',
    500: '#8a6ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ae6;
$custom-light: #b195ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61531,
    "c": 0.1804,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AE6

secondary

#E0EAC1

accent

#D312A1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AE6

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

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