#8A6AE7#8A6AE7

#8A6AE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.182 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AE7
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 231)
HSL	hsl(255, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 54.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 41.20, -59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 72.20, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.0681 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.182 292)
XYZ	xyz(30.0552, 21.4800, 78.1483)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AE7 #C7E76A

analogous

#6A88E7 #8A6AE7 #C86AE7

triadic

#8A6AE7 #E78A6A #6AE78A

tetradic

#8A6AE7 #E76A88 #C7E76A #6AE7C8

square

#8A6AE7 #E76A88 #C7E76A #6AE7C8

split-complementary

#8A6AE7 #E7C86A #88E76A

monochromatic

#451EB9 #6135DF #8A6AE7 #B39FEF #DDD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A6AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A6AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AE7

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AE7	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D82EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.182 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195ef',
    500: '#8a6ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ae7;
$custom-light: #b195ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.36,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61596,
    "c": 0.18168,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.21481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AE7

secondary

#E0EBC2

accent

#D411A2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AE7

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

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