#8A6BD9#8A6BD9

#8A6BD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.162 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BD9
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 217)
HSL	hsl(257, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(257, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 36.86, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 64.04, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.0661 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.162 294)
XYZ	xyz(28.2601, 20.9278, 68.1827)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BD9 #BAD96B

analogous

#6B83D9 #8A6BD9 #C16BD9

triadic

#8A6BD9 #D98A6B #6BD98A

tetradic

#8A6BD9 #D96B83 #BAD96B #6BD9C1

square

#8A6BD9 #D96B83 #BAD96B #6BD9C1

split-complementary

#8A6BD9 #D9C16B #83D96B

monochromatic

#4B29A0 #643ACC #8A6BD9 #B09CE6 #D7CCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A6BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A6BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BD9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BD9	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.162 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b096e5',
    500: '#8a6bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bd9;
$custom-light: #b096e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.909,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60884,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.20928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BD9

secondary

#D8E3BC

accent

#C71F97

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BD9

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

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