#8A6BDD#8A6BDD

#8A6BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.167 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BDD
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 37.93, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 66.20, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.0664 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.167 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7866, 21.1385, 70.9560)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BDD #BEDD6B

analogous

#6B85DD #8A6BDD #C36BDD

triadic

#8A6BDD #DD8A6B #6BDD8A

tetradic

#8A6BDD #DD6B85 #BEDD6B #6BDDC3

square

#8A6BDD #DD6B85 #BEDD6B #6BDDC3

split-complementary

#8A6BDD #DDC36B #85DD6B

monochromatic

#4926A7 #6339D2 #8A6BDD #B19DE8 #D9CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A6BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8A6BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BDD

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BDD	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.167 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b096e8',
    500: '#8a6bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bdd;
$custom-light: #b096e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.316,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61129,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BDD

secondary

#DBE6BE

accent

#CA1B9B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BDD

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

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