#8A6CE2#8A6CE2

#8A6CE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.172 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CE2
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 226)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 52.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 38.70, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 68.27, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.0654 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.172 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5676, 21.6186, 74.5517)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CE2 #C4E26C

analogous

#6C89E2 #8A6CE2 #C56CE2

triadic

#8A6CE2 #E28A6C #6CE28A

tetradic

#8A6CE2 #E26C89 #C4E26C #6CE2C5

square

#8A6CE2 #E26C89 #C4E26C #6CE2C5

split-complementary

#8A6CE2 #E2C56C #89E26C

monochromatic

#4723B1 #6139D8 #8A6CE2 #B39FEC #DBD2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8A6CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A6CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CE2

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CE2	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3982E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.172 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197ec',
    500: '#8a6ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ce2;
$custom-light: #b197ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 67.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6161,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CE2

secondary

#DFE9C1

accent

#CF17A0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CE2

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

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