#8A6AE8#8A6AE8

#8A6AE8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.183 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AE8
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 54.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 41.47, -59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 72.73, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.0681 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.183 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1968, 21.5367, 78.8943)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AE8 #C8E86A

analogous

#6A89E8 #8A6AE8 #C96AE8

triadic

#8A6AE8 #E88A6A #6AE88A

tetradic

#8A6AE8 #E86A89 #C8E86A #6AE8C9

square

#8A6AE8 #E86A89 #C8E86A #6AE8C9

split-complementary

#8A6AE8 #E8C96A #89E86A

monochromatic

#451DBB #6035E0 #8A6AE8 #B49FF0 #DDD4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A6AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A6AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AE8

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AE8	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C82EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.183 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195f0',
    500: '#8a6ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ae8;
$custom-light: #b195f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.238,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.18295,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AE8

secondary

#E1EBC2

accent

#D510A3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AE8

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

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