#8A6BE8#8A6BE8

#8A6BE8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.182 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BE8
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 40.90, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 72.12, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0669 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.182 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3005, 21.7440, 78.9288)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BE8 #C9E86B

analogous

#6B8BE8 #8A6BE8 #C96BE8

triadic

#8A6BE8 #E88A6B #6BE88A

tetradic

#8A6BE8 #E86B8B #C9E86B #6BE8C9

square

#8A6BE8 #E86B8B #C9E86B #6BE8C9

split-complementary

#8A6BE8 #E8C96B #8BE86B

monochromatic

#441DBB #6036E0 #8A6BE8 #B4A0F0 #DED5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A6BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A6BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BE8

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BE8	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F82EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.182 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b196f0',
    500: '#8a6be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6be8;
$custom-light: #b196f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.88,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61825,
    "c": 0.18153,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BE8

secondary

#E2ECC3

accent

#D510A4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BE8

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

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