#8A6CDE#8A6CDE

#8A6CDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.167 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CDE
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 222)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 51.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 37.63, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 66.11, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.0652 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.167 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0251, 21.4016, 71.6948)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CDE #C0DE6C

analogous

#6C87DE #8A6CDE #C36CDE

triadic

#8A6CDE #DE8A6C #6CDE8A

tetradic

#8A6CDE #DE6C87 #C0DE6C #6CDEC3

square

#8A6CDE #DE6C87 #C0DE6C #6CDEC3

split-complementary

#8A6CDE #DEC36C #87DE6C

monochromatic

#4926AA #623AD3 #8A6CDE #B29EE9 #DAD0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A6CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A6CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CDE

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CDE	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D81E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.167 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097e9',
    500: '#8a6cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cde;
$custom-light: #b097e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61361,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CDE

secondary

#DCE6BF

accent

#CB1A9D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CDE

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

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