#8A6AED#8A6AED

#8A6AED is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.189 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AED
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 42.83, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 75.40, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.0682 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.189 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9171, 21.8248, 82.6880)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AED #CDED6A

analogous

#6A8CED #8A6AED #CB6AED

triadic

#8A6AED #ED8A6A #6AED8A

tetradic

#8A6AED #ED6A8C #CDED6A #6AEDCB

square

#8A6AED #ED6A8C #CDED6A #6AEDCB

split-complementary

#8A6AED #EDCB6A #8CED6A

monochromatic

#4218C5 #5F33E6 #8A6AED #B5A1F4 #E0D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A6AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A6AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AED

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AED	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2383F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E86A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.189 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b295f4',
    500: '#8a6aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6aed;
$custom-light: #b295f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.656,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61988,
    "c": 0.18928,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AED

secondary

#E4EEC5

accent

#DB0BA8

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AED

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

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