#8A6AE9#8A6AE9

#8A6AE9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.184 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AE9
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(255, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 41.74, -60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 73.27, 304.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.0681 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.184 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3392, 21.5937, 79.6445)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AE9 #C9E96A

analogous

#6A8AE9 #8A6AE9 #CA6AE9

triadic

#8A6AE9 #E98A6A #6AE98A

tetradic

#8A6AE9 #E96A8A #C9E96A #6AE9CA

square

#8A6AE9 #E96A8A #C9E96A #6AE9CA

split-complementary

#8A6AE9 #E9CA6A #8AE96A

monochromatic

#441CBD #6035E1 #8A6AE9 #B49FF1 #DED5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A6AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A6AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AE9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AE9	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A82ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.184 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195f1',
    500: '#8a6ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ae9;
$custom-light: #b195f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.118,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61725,
    "c": 0.18422,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AE9

secondary

#E2ECC3

accent

#D60FA4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AE9

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

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