#8A6CD6#8A6CD6

#8A6CD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.157 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CD6
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 35.49, -50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 61.78, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.0645 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.157 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9783, 20.9829, 66.1813)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CD6 #B8D66C

analogous

#6C83D6 #8A6CD6 #BF6CD6

triadic

#8A6CD6 #D68A6C #6CD68A

tetradic

#8A6CD6 #D66C83 #B8D66C #6CD6BF

square

#8A6CD6 #D66C83 #B8D66C #6CD6BF

split-complementary

#8A6CD6 #D6BF6C #83D66C

monochromatic

#4B2C9C #643CC9 #8A6CD6 #B09CE3 #D6CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A6CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8A6CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CD6

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CD6	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.157 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b096e3',
    500: '#8a6cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cd6;
$custom-light: #b096e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60874,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CD6

secondary

#D7E2BC

accent

#C42296

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D15

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CD6

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

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