#8A6CD0#8A6CD0

#8A6CD0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.149 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CD0
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 208)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 48.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 33.91, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 58.52, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.0639 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.149 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2261, 20.6820, 62.2199)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CD0 #B2D06C

analogous

#6C80D0 #8A6CD0 #BC6CD0

triadic

#8A6CD0 #D08A6C #6CD08A

tetradic

#8A6CD0 #D06C80 #B2D06C #6CD0BC

square

#8A6CD0 #D06C80 #B2D06C #6CD0BC

split-complementary

#8A6CD0 #D0BC6C #80D06C

monochromatic

#4D2F93 #653EC1 #8A6CD0 #AF9ADF #D4C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8A6CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#8A6CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CD0

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CD0	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497ED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.149 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96df',
    500: '#8a6cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cd0;
$custom-light: #af96df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 51.546,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60519,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CD0

secondary

#D3DEB9

accent

#BF2791

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CD0

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

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