#8A6BDE#8A6BDE

#8A6BDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.169 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BDE
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 38.20, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 66.74, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.0664 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.169 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9203, 21.1919, 71.6598)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BDE #BFDE6B

analogous

#6B86DE #8A6BDE #C46BDE

triadic

#8A6BDE #DE8A6B #6BDE8A

tetradic

#8A6BDE #DE6B86 #BFDE6B #6BDEC4

square

#8A6BDE #DE6B86 #BFDE6B #6BDEC4

split-complementary

#8A6BDE #DEC46B #86DE6B

monochromatic

#4926A9 #6239D3 #8A6BDE #B29DE9 #D9CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A6BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A6BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BDE

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BDE	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B80E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.169 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b096e9',
    500: '#8a6bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bde;
$custom-light: #b096e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.174,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61191,
    "c": 0.16868,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BDE

secondary

#DCE6BF

accent

#CB1A9C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BDE

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

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