#8A6CE6#8A6CE6

#8A6CE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.178 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CE6
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 39.79, -58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 70.42, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0656 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.178 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1229, 21.8407, 77.4761)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CE6 #C8E66C

analogous

#6C8BE6 #8A6CE6 #C76CE6

triadic

#8A6CE6 #E68A6C #6CE68A

tetradic

#8A6CE6 #E66C8B #C8E66C #6CE6C7

square

#8A6CE6 #E66C8B #C8E66C #6CE6C7

split-complementary

#8A6CE6 #E6C76C #8BE66C

monochromatic

#451FB8 #6038DD #8A6CE6 #B4A0EF #DDD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A6CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A6CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CE6

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CE6	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3483EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.178 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197ee',
    500: '#8a6ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ce6;
$custom-light: #b197ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61863,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CE6

secondary

#E1EBC3

accent

#D313A4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CE6

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

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