#8A6CD3#8A6CD3

#8A6CD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.153 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CD3
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 34.70, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 60.15, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.0643 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.153 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5987, 20.8311, 64.1821)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CD3 #B5D36C

analogous

#6C81D3 #8A6CD3 #BE6CD3

triadic

#8A6CD3 #D38A6C #6CD38A

tetradic

#8A6CD3 #D36C81 #B5D36C #6CD3BE

square

#8A6CD3 #D36C81 #B5D36C #6CD3BE

split-complementary

#8A6CD3 #D3BE6C #81D36C

monochromatic

#4C2D97 #653DC5 #8A6CD3 #AF9BE1 #D5CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A6CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8A6CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CD3

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CD3	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.153 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96e1',
    500: '#8a6cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cd3;
$custom-light: #af96e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.476,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60695,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CD3

secondary

#D5E0BB

accent

#C12494

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CD3

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

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