#8A6BD8#8A6BD8

#8A6BD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.161 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BD8
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 216)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 36.60, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 63.50, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.066 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.161 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1304, 20.8760, 67.4998)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BD8 #B9D86B

analogous

#6B82D8 #8A6BD8 #C06BD8

triadic

#8A6BD8 #D88A6B #6BD88A

tetradic

#8A6BD8 #D86B82 #B9D86B #6BD8C0

square

#8A6BD8 #D86B82 #B9D86B #6BD8C0

split-complementary

#8A6BD8 #D8C06B #82D86B

monochromatic

#4B2A9F #643BCB #8A6BD8 #B09BE5 #D7CCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A6BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A6BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BD8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BD8	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.161 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b096e4',
    500: '#8a6bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bd8;
$custom-light: #b096e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.064,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60823,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BD8

secondary

#D8E3BC

accent

#C62097

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BD8

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

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