#8A6CE3#8A6CE3

#8A6CE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.174 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CE3
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 227)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 52.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 38.97, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 68.81, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.0655 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.174 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7052, 21.6737, 75.2765)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CE3 #C5E36C

analogous

#6C89E3 #8A6CE3 #C56CE3

triadic

#8A6CE3 #E38A6C #6CE38A

tetradic

#8A6CE3 #E36C89 #C5E36C #6CE3C5

square

#8A6CE3 #E36C89 #C5E36C #6CE3C5

split-complementary

#8A6CE3 #E3C56C #89E36C

monochromatic

#4622B3 #6139D9 #8A6CE3 #B39FED #DCD3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#8A6CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#8A6CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CE3

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CE3	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3882E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73859D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.174 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197ec',
    500: '#8a6ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ce3;
$custom-light: #b197ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.126,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61673,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CE3

secondary

#DFE9C2

accent

#D016A1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CE3

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

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