#8A6CDD#8A6CDD

#8A6CDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.166 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CDD
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 37.36, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 65.57, 304.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.0651 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.166 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8915, 21.3482, 70.9910)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CDD #BFDD6C

analogous

#6C87DD #8A6CDD #C26CDD

triadic

#8A6CDD #DD8A6C #6CDD8A

tetradic

#8A6CDD #DD6C87 #BFDD6C #6CDDC2

square

#8A6CDD #DD6C87 #BFDD6C #6CDDC2

split-complementary

#8A6CDD #DDC26C #87DD6C

monochromatic

#4927A8 #623AD2 #8A6CDD #B29EE8 #D9CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A6CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#8A6CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CDD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CDD	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E81E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75839A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.166 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097e8',
    500: '#8a6cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cdd;
$custom-light: #b097e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.929,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61299,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CDD

secondary

#DCE6BF

accent

#CA1B9C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CDD

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

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