#8A6AEE#8A6AEE

#8A6AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.191 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AEE
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 43.10, -62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 75.93, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0682 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.191 291)
XYZ	xyz(31.0636, 21.8834, 83.4596)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AEE #CEEE6A

analogous

#6A8CEE #8A6AEE #CC6AEE

triadic

#8A6AEE #EE8A6A #6AEE8A

tetradic

#8A6AEE #EE6A8C #CEEE6A #6AEECC

square

#8A6AEE #EE6A8C #CEEE6A #6AEECC

split-complementary

#8A6AEE #EECC6A #8CEE6A

monochromatic

#4117C7 #5F33E8 #8A6AEE #B5A1F4 #E0D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A6AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8A6AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AEE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AEE	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2183F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E87A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.191 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b295f4',
    500: '#8a6aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6aee;
$custom-light: #b295f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62054,
    "c": 0.19054,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.21884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AEE

secondary

#E5EFC5

accent

#DC0AA9

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AEE

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

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