#8A6CD2#8A6CD2

#8A6CD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.151 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CD2
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 210)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 48.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 34.44, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 59.61, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.0642 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.152 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4737, 20.7811, 63.5239)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CD2 #B4D26C

analogous

#6C81D2 #8A6CD2 #BD6CD2

triadic

#8A6CD2 #D28A6C #6CD28A

tetradic

#8A6CD2 #D26C81 #B4D26C #6CD2BD

square

#8A6CD2 #D26C81 #B4D26C #6CD2BD

split-complementary

#8A6CD2 #D2BD6C #81D26C

monochromatic

#4C2E96 #653DC4 #8A6CD2 #AF9BE0 #D5CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8A6CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8A6CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CD2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CD2	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.151 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96e0',
    500: '#8a6cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cd2;
$custom-light: #af96e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60636,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CD2

secondary

#D5E0BA

accent

#C12593

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CD2

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

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