#8A6CED#8A6CED

#8A6CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.186 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CED
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 237)
HSL	hsl(254, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(254, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 54.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 41.70, -61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 74.17, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0659 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.187 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1256, 22.2418, 82.7575)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CED #CFED6C

analogous

#6C8FED #8A6CED #CA6CED

triadic

#8A6CED #ED8A6C #6CED8A

tetradic

#8A6CED #ED6C8F #CFED6C #6CEDCA

square

#8A6CED #ED6C8F #CFED6C #6CEDCA

split-complementary

#8A6CED #EDCA6C #8FED6C

monochromatic

#4118C6 #5F35E6 #8A6CED #B5A3F4 #E1D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A6CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A6CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CED

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CED	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A84F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E88A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.186 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b297f3',
    500: '#8a6ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ced;
$custom-light: #b297f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.953,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62314,
    "c": 0.1865,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CED

secondary

#E5EEC6

accent

#DA0BAA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CED

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

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