#8A6CE7#8A6CE7

#8A6CE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.179 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CE7
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 231)
HSL	hsl(255, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 40.06, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 70.96, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.0657 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.179 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2637, 21.8971, 78.2178)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CE7 #C9E76C

analogous

#6C8CE7 #8A6CE7 #C86CE7

triadic

#8A6CE7 #E78A6C #6CE78A

tetradic

#8A6CE7 #E76C8C #C9E76C #6CE7C8

square

#8A6CE7 #E76C8C #C9E76C #6CE7C8

split-complementary

#8A6CE7 #E7C86C #8CE76C

monochromatic

#441EBA #6037DE #8A6CE7 #B4A1F0 #DED5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A6CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8A6CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CE7

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CE7	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3383EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71869F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.179 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197ef',
    500: '#8a6ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ce7;
$custom-light: #b197ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61927,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CE7

secondary

#E2EBC3

accent

#D412A5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CE7

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

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